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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Share the responsibility for the students education
the Cummins model
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
the DSM- IV

2. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
18
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

3. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
LRE
pervasive developmental disorders

4. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
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
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
group contingency contracting
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

5. Specific learning disability
functional vision assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

6. 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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
group contingency contracting
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

7. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Stanford 9

8. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
life space analysis
executive functioning
student to student

9. Birthplace of FAPE
they modify students thought patterns
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
PARC vs. State of Penn
not legal

10. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
early traumatic experiences
General education classrooms
yes

11. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
whole language
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

12. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
they modify students thought patterns
group contingency contracting

13. What are four types of data based decision making?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

14. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
45%
mental retardation
not legal
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

15. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
life space analysis
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pervasive developmental disorders

16. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Program first placement second
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories

17. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Stanford 9
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
the Cummins model

18. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
an individualized transition plan
curriculum based assessment
articulation

19. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
90%
two to nine percent
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

20. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
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
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

21. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
a hearing aid
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
How 504 defines a disability
an individualized transition plan

22. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
compensatory education
General education classrooms
Learning disabilities

23. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

24. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ESEA Act
negative reinforcement

25. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
learned helplessness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

26. What causes autism?
not legal
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Traumatic brain injury
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

27. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
a hearing aid
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
learning disability
Multiple disabilities

28. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
where Section 504 comes from
functional vision assessment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

29. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
pervasive developmental disorders
Traumatic brain injury
compensatory education

30. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
learning disability
delayed language and echolalia
negative reinforcement

31. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
yes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

32. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
curriculum based assessment
Program first placement second
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

33. What does outer - directedness mean?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Stanford 9
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

34. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
10 per 10 - 100 children
Emotional disturbance
developmental
two to nine percent

35. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Deaf - blindness
students who are mentally retarded
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

36. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
visual impairment
Traumatic brain injury
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

37. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Traumatic brain injury
negative reinforcement
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
try to find appropriate content at grade level

38. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
delayed language and echolalia
duration recording

39. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
ESEA Act
student to student
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

40. A remedial approach
two to nine percent
life space analysis
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
yes

41. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
principles of IDEA
Hear and understand speech
How 504 defines a disability

42. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
ecological
a hearing aid
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

43. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Sixty days
students who are mentally retarded
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
visual impairment

44. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that was present at birth
Deaf - blindness
not legal

45. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
functional skills - social skills - career skills
21 or younger

46. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
hearing loss that happened after birth
45%
Program first placement second
yes

47. 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
Autism
How 504 defines a disability
LRE
whole language

48. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

49. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
mental retardation
augmentative communciation
Multiple disabilities

50. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Non - discriminatory assessment
contingency based self - management