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Praxis Special Ed

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1. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hear and understand speech
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
early traumatic experiences

2. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
functional skills - social skills - career skills
categorical approach
two to nine percent

3. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
functional vision assessment
Traumatic brain injury

4. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
student to student
negative reinforcement
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

5. What is conductive hearing loss?
social stories
an individualized transition plan
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
mental retardation

6. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
life space analysis

7. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
having them practice filing out job applications
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
General education classrooms

8. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
functional skills - social skills - career skills
ecological
the DSM- IV
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

9. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
speech or language impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
students who are mentally retarded

10. What does outer - directedness mean?
executive functioning
Learning disabilities
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

11. 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
functional skills - social skills - career skills
whole language
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
discriminatory stimulus

12. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
having them practice filing out job applications
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
zero reject

13. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
negative reinforcement
students who are mentally retarded
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
visual impairment

14. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Hear and understand speech
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

15. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
yes
the DSM- IV
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

16. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
negative reinforcement
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

17. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Procedural safeguards
PARC vs. State of Penn

18. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
social stories
where Section 504 comes from
How 504 defines a disability
Deaf - blindness

19. 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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

20. 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
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
visual impairment
assistive technology
try to find appropriate content at grade level

21. Mental retardation originates before what age?
life space analysis
18
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

22. What does FVA stand for?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders

23. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
they modify students thought patterns
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

24. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss that was present at birth
a hearing aid

25. What does adaptive behavior mean?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
LRE

26. A remedial approach
no
Deafness
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

27. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
a hearing aid
ESEA Act
the Cummins model
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

28. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
articulation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
having them practice filing out job applications

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
1%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

30. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Procedural safeguards
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

31. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
1%

32. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

33. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
assistive technology
delayed language and echolalia

34. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
the DSM- IV
curriculum based assessment

35. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
curriculum based assessment

36. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
ther health impairments
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

37. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
a hearing aid
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

38. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
having them practice filing out job applications
learning disability
yes

39. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Cummins model
social stories

40. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
the DSM- IV
Deafness
pervasive developmental disorders

41. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
having them practice filing out job applications
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
an audiometer

42. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
50%
Orthopedic impairment

43. 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
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
developmental
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
two to nine percent

44. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
augmentative communciation
Multiple disabilities
zero reject
90%

45. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
compensatory education
ecological
Deaf - blindness

46. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Deafness

47. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
they modify students thought patterns
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Stanford 9

48. What percent of the population was ADHD?
articulation
two to nine percent
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

49. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
two to nine percent
curriculum based assessment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

50. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
curriculum based assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Non - discriminatory assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement