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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is conductive hearing loss?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Hearing impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

2. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
medication and a behavior management intervention
compensatory education
having them practice filing out job applications

3. A remedial approach
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

4. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Specific learning disability
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
50%
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

5. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
augmentative communciation
Fourteen
compensatory education

6. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
principles of IDEA
zero reject
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

7. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
social stories
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

8. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
hearing loss that happened after birth
Deaf - blindness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

9. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Larry P vs. Riles
social stories
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

10. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
General education classrooms
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Council for Exceptional Children
assistive technology

11. What does adaptive behavior mean?
early traumatic experiences
disorder in one or more psychological processes involved in understanding or using spoken or written language that may manifest itself in the ability to listen - think - write - spell - or do math
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

12. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
early traumatic experiences
pervasive developmental disorders
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

13. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

14. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
ecological

15. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Hearing impairment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

16. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
an audiometer
group contingency contracting
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

17. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
discriminatory stimulus
Mental retardation
Emotional disturbance
Sixty days

18. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Traumatic brain injury

19. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
executive functioning
categorical approach
visual impairment

20. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
life space analysis
Fourteen
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

21. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Autism
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
45%
Orthopedic impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
an audiometer

23. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
developmental
yes
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
early traumatic experiences

24. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
where Section 504 comes from
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

25. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
life space analysis

26. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
direct instruction
Deaf - blindness
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
ESEA Act

27. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
zero reject
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

28. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
life space analysis
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

29. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
curriculum based assessment
Curriculum based assessment
Fourteen

30. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
principles of IDEA
early traumatic experiences
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

31. Yes
curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

32. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
a hearing aid
contingency based self - management
Larry P vs. Riles
mental retardation

33. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Autism
developmental

34. 504
21 or younger
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
PARC vs. State of Penn

35. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
50%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
developmental
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Specific learning disability
Curriculum based assessment

37. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
articulation
direct instruction
Learning disabilities

38. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Deaf - blindness
PARC vs. State of Penn
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

39. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Specific learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

40. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Non - discriminatory assessment
direct instruction
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Hearing impairment

41. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
duration recording
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

42. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
50%
contingency based self - management
executive functioning

43. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
an individualized transition plan
hearing loss that was present at birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level

44. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Hear and understand speech
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IFSP
Procedural safeguards

45. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
where Section 504 comes from
student to student
LRE
Council for Exceptional Children

46. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
a hearing aid

47. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
delayed language and echolalia
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
90%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

48. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
augmentative communciation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

49. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
Sixty days
Traumatic brain injury
no

50. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Program first placement second
speech or language impairment
a hearing aid
medication and a behavior management intervention