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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...






2. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...






3. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as






4. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...






5. What does FVA stand for?






6. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...






7. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests






8. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?






9. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?






10. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment






11. What percent of the population was ADHD?






12. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior






13. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?






14. What are four types of data based decision making?






15. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?






16. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness






17. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?






18. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of






19. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system






20. What instrument do we use to test hearing?






21. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?






22. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?






23. What does outer - directedness mean?






24. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?






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


26. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






27. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and






28. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






29. What does congenital hearing loss mean?






30. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...






31. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of






32. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior






33. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?






34. In errorless learning SD stands for?






35. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both






36. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...






37. Mental retardation originates before what age?






38. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a






39. What causes autism?






40. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication






41. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes






42. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...






43. 504






44. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a






45. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...






46. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language






47. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...






48. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience






49. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...






50. 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