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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Deafness
no
learning disability

2. What causes autism?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
principles of IDEA
PARC vs. State of Penn

3. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

4. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

5. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
executive functioning
Sixty days

6. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Larry P vs. Riles
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

7. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
compensatory education
hearing loss that happened after birth
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Emotional disturbance

8. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
yes
negative reinforcement
45%
two to nine percent

9. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
LRE
pervasive developmental disorders

10. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that happened after birth
learning disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

11. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
mental retardation
IFSP
ESEA Act

12. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
two to nine percent
ESEA Act
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
contingency based self - management

13. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
visual impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Sixty days

14. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Curriculum based assessment
not legal
Orthopedic impairment

15. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Stanford 9
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Deafness

16. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
90%
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

17. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
no
where Section 504 comes from
General education classrooms
Larry P vs. Riles

18. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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19. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the DSM- IV

20. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
direct instruction
Orthopedic impairment
Multiple disabilities
yes

21. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Procedural safeguards
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
student to student
Autism

22. What does FVA stand for?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
negative reinforcement
functional vision assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

23. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
direct instruction
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Non - discriminatory assessment

24. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
How 504 defines a disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
10 per 10 - 100 children

25. 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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Emotional disturbance
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
group contingency contracting

26. Specific learning disability
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
functional vision assessment
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
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

27. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
executive functioning
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss that was present at birth

28. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
early traumatic experiences
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
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

29. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
yes
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
executive functioning

30. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Program first placement second

31. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
where Section 504 comes from
life space analysis
developmental

32. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Orthopedic impairment
zero reject
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

33. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
augmentative communciation
whole language

34. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
50%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
21 or younger
IFSP

35. Mental retardation originates before what age?
student to student
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
18
visual impairment

36. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an individualized transition plan
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
pervasive developmental disorders

37. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Sixty days
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

38. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hear and understand speech

39. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
PARC vs. State of Penn
Non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
mental retardation
the Cummins model
18

41. Multiple and severe disabilties
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Traumatic brain injury
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

42. 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?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
try to find appropriate content at grade level
delayed language and echolalia
45%

43. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
negative reinforcement
Traumatic brain injury
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
medication and a behavior management intervention

44. What is conductive hearing loss?
having them practice filing out job applications
visual impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Multiple disabilities

45. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
delayed language and echolalia
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
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
Stanford 9
Non - discriminatory assessment
Autism

47. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
having them practice filing out job applications
an audiometer
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hearing impairment

48. Birthplace of FAPE
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
General education classrooms

49. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
hearing loss that happened after birth
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Non - discriminatory assessment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

50. What is acquired hearing loss?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
PARC vs. State of Penn
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss that happened after birth