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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

2. 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
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
developmental
Hear and understand speech

3. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
zero reject
Learning disabilities
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

4. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
Procedural safeguards
Learning disabilities
students who are mentally retarded

5. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Deaf - blindness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

6. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Orthopedic impairment
where Section 504 comes from
developmental
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

7. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hearing impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
yes

8. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
whole language
learned helplessness
yes
assistive technology

9. 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?
social stories
yes
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

10. What is conductive hearing loss?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
a hearing aid
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

11. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
delayed language and echolalia
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
life space analysis

12. Metacognition is connected to
an audiometer
executive functioning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

13. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
life space analysis
they modify students thought patterns
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
General education classrooms

14. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
Traumatic brain injury
Program first placement second
delayed language and echolalia

15. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

16. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
negative reinforcement
learning disability
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

17. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Council for Exceptional Children
How 504 defines a disability
Program first placement second
two to nine percent

18. A remedial approach
yes
the DSM- IV
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Fourteen

19. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ther health impairments
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Larry P vs. Riles

20. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
articulation
no
an individualized transition plan
pervasive developmental disorders

21. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
zero reject
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
executive functioning

22. What does outer - directedness mean?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
social stories
IFSP

23. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
direct instruction
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
having them practice filing out job applications

24. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
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
1%
mental retardation

25. What is acquired hearing loss?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
student to student
hearing loss that happened after birth
mental retardation

26. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
yes
learning disability

27. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

28. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Fourteen
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

29. Specific learning disability
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
learned helplessness
18
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

30. Multiple and severe disabilties
Fourteen
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
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Autism

31. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
10 per 10 - 100 children
augmentative communciation
50%
negative reinforcement

32. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

33. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
discriminatory stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

34. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Mental retardation

35. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
life space analysis
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
an audiometer

36. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Sixty days
direct instruction
visual impairment
IFSP

37. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
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
IFSP
mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

38. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
How 504 defines a disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

39. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
curriculum based assessment
Curriculum based assessment

40. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Learning disabilities
visual impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
medication and a behavior management intervention

41. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
articulation
where Section 504 comes from
duration recording

42. What causes autism?
life space analysis
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Deaf - blindness
a hearing aid

43. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
categorical approach
How 504 defines a disability

44. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
two to nine percent
a hearing aid
categorical approach

45. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Council for Exceptional Children
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
pervasive developmental disorders
mental retardation

46. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
an individualized transition plan
General education classrooms
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

47. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
no
learned helplessness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

48. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
50%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
learning disability
yes

49. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Sixty days
Non - discriminatory assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

50. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Hear and understand speech
negative reinforcement
the Cummins model
principles of IDEA