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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
group contingency contracting
learned helplessness
contingency based self - management
Mental retardation

2. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Learning disabilities
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

3. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
contingency based self - management
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
they modify students thought patterns
no

4. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Fourteen
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

5. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the DSM- IV
student to student

6. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
contingency based self - management
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
IFSP
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. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

8. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
student to student
50%
having them practice filing out job applications

9. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
principles of IDEA
Deafness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
social stories

10. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
life space analysis

11. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
life space analysis
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
students who are mentally retarded
developmental

12. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
assistive technology
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes

13. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
ESEA Act
student to student
contingency based self - management

14. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Larry P vs. Riles
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

15. Metacognition is connected to
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
executive functioning
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

16. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
IFSP
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
compensatory education

17. Yes
Autism
21 or younger
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

18. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
early traumatic experiences
assistive technology
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Sixty days

19. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
principles of IDEA
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment
contingency based self - management

20. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
having them practice filing out job applications
pervasive developmental disorders
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences

21. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Larry P vs. Riles
ther health impairments

22. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
yes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
functional vision assessment

23. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
where Section 504 comes from
Larry P vs. Riles
Fourteen

24. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories

25. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Emotional disturbance
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
LRE

26. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
visual impairment
augmentative communciation
mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

27. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
no
ESEA Act

28. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
early traumatic experiences
Larry P vs. Riles

29. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Learning disabilities
delayed language and echolalia
visual impairment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

30. 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
discriminatory stimulus
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
whole language
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

31. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
learning disability
student to student
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

32. 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?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
try to find appropriate content at grade level
compensatory education
IFSP

33. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
an audiometer
student to student

34. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Learning disabilities
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
mental retardation
direct instruction

35. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
developmental
Program first placement second
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
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

36. Mental retardation originates before what age?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
try to find appropriate content at grade level
18
45%

37. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
delayed language and echolalia
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hearing impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

38. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

39. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
learned helplessness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
student to student
principles of IDEA

40. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
not legal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
social stories
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

41. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
not legal

42. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Council for Exceptional Children
mental retardation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

43. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
early traumatic experiences
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

44. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
students who are mentally retarded
Autism
yes

45. What causes autism?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

46. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes

47. Name four areas of executive function
an individualized transition plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

48. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Deaf - blindness
yes
mental retardation

49. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Emotional disturbance
speech or language impairment

50. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Sixty days
where Section 504 comes from