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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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1. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
contingency based self - management
articulation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
2. Share the responsibility for the students education
life space analysis
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
3. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
4. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
visual impairment
they modify students thought patterns
General education classrooms
5. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus
functional vision assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
6. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Hear and understand speech
life space analysis
Larry P vs. Riles
group contingency contracting
7. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
they modify students thought patterns
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Fourteen
8. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
yes
45%
General education classrooms
9. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
the Cummins model
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
10. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
90%
pervasive developmental disorders
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
learned helplessness
11. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
ther health impairments
student to student
a hearing aid
an individualized transition plan
12. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
developmental
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
13. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
social stories
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the DSM- IV
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
14. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
15. Specific learning disability
zero reject
augmentative communciation
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
Stanford 9
16. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the DSM- IV
PARC vs. State of Penn
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
17. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
18. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
curriculum based assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
19. Name four areas of executive function
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
categorical approach
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
20. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Sixty days
21. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
where Section 504 comes from
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
an individualized transition plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
22. What percent of the population was ADHD?
LRE
learned helplessness
pervasive developmental disorders
two to nine percent
23. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Procedural safeguards
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
50%
Hear and understand speech
24. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Specific learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Council for Exceptional Children
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
25. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
developmental
Larry P vs. Riles
1%
26. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
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
functional vision assessment
27. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
they modify students thought patterns
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
28. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
principles of IDEA
medication and a behavior management intervention
29. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Learning disabilities
principles of IDEA
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
30. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
no
Stanford 9
Sixty days
31. 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
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
developmental
32. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
two to nine percent
no
group contingency contracting
33. 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
assistive technology
two to nine percent
50%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
34. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
mental retardation
45%
35. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
90%
learned helplessness
a hearing aid
36. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Emotional disturbance
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Orthopedic impairment
37. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Autism
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IFSP
38. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
early traumatic experiences
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss that happened after birth
group contingency contracting
39. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Deafness
hearing loss that was present at birth
40. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Deaf - blindness
life space analysis
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Curriculum based assessment
41. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
early traumatic experiences
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
42. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
yes
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
try to find appropriate content at grade level
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
44. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Fourteen
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Deaf - blindness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
45. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
Council for Exceptional Children
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Traumatic brain injury
46. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Council for Exceptional Children
1%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
47. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Autism
48. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
18
no
Curriculum based assessment
student to student
49. Multiple and severe disabilties
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
negative reinforcement
45%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
50. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
1%
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
articulation
curriculum based assessment