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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
mental retardation
Fourteen
no
2. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Procedural safeguards
Learning disabilities
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
3. 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
executive functioning
Program first placement second
developmental
having them practice filing out job applications
4. In errorless learning SD stands for?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
assistive technology
1%
discriminatory stimulus
5. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
6. What is acquired hearing loss?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hearing impairment
7. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
18
contingency based self - management
8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
10 per 10 - 100 children
LRE
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
9. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
augmentative communciation
45%
Hear and understand speech
10. Name four areas of executive function
the Cummins model
try to find appropriate content at grade level
not legal
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
11. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Hear and understand speech
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Orthopedic impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
12. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
LRE
two to nine percent
13. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Deafness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
group contingency contracting
ESEA Act
14. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
an audiometer
an individualized transition plan
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
15. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Specific learning disability
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
16. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Deaf - blindness
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
17. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Council for Exceptional Children
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learning disability
18. What does a cochlear implant do?
90%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
19. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
not legal
students who are mentally retarded
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
life space analysis
20. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment
21. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
22. 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
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that was present at birth
group contingency contracting
23. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
speech or language impairment
ecological
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
24. Specific learning disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Traumatic brain injury
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
Hear and understand speech
25. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
life space analysis
articulation
45%
26. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
where Section 504 comes from
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
PARC vs. State of Penn
27. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
45%
direct instruction
mental retardation
28. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
student to student
principles of IDEA
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
compensatory education
29. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Deafness
Curriculum based assessment
10 per 10 - 100 children
90%
30. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
early traumatic experiences
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
yes
zero reject
31. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
discriminatory stimulus
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
principles of IDEA
direct instruction
32. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles
45%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
33. Share the responsibility for the students education
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Autism
34. A remedial approach
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
35. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
discriminatory stimulus
Hear and understand speech
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss that was present at birth
36. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
curriculum based assessment
ESEA Act
mental retardation
37. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
discriminatory stimulus
ecological
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
38. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Council for Exceptional Children
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
functional skills - social skills - career skills
39. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
an individualized transition plan
visual impairment
having them practice filing out job applications
principles of IDEA
40. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Hearing impairment
Council for Exceptional Children
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Fourteen
41. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
visual impairment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
ESEA Act
42. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
duration recording
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
group contingency contracting
43. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
they modify students thought patterns
not legal
44. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
whole language
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Stanford 9
45. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
assistive technology
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
How 504 defines a disability
functional vision assessment
46. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
zero reject
life space analysis
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
47. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
they modify students thought patterns
45%
pervasive developmental disorders
48. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
zero reject
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
49. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the Cummins model
50%
50. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
General education classrooms