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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
yes
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

2. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
an audiometer
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
1%
hearing loss that was present at birth

3. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Deaf - blindness
an individualized transition plan
ther health impairments
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

4. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
student to student
Fourteen
Procedural safeguards

5. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
whole language
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
negative reinforcement
medication and a behavior management intervention

6. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
two to nine percent
mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus

7. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
articulation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
having them practice filing out job applications
Mental retardation

8. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
developmental
categorical approach
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

9. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
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

10. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
yes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes

11. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
zero reject
PARC vs. State of Penn
try to find appropriate content at grade level

12. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
ecological
life space analysis
the DSM- IV
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

13. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
compensatory education
ther health impairments
discriminatory stimulus
duration recording

14. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
having them practice filing out job applications
Larry P vs. Riles

15. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
45%
social stories

16. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Learning disabilities
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
50%

17. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
How 504 defines a disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
life space analysis
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IFSP
yes
Program first placement second

19. What does a cochlear implant do?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
18
a hearing aid
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

20. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Specific learning disability
yes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Council for Exceptional Children

21. 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?
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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

22. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
where Section 504 comes from
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
1%

23. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Curriculum based assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention

24. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
functional skills - social skills - career skills

25. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

26. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
speech or language impairment
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

27. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Curriculum based assessment
social stories
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
whole language

28. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Fourteen
hearing loss that was present at birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Curriculum based assessment

29. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
a hearing aid
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
where Section 504 comes from

30. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
contingency based self - management
Curriculum based assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Learning disabilities

31. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a hearing aid
where Section 504 comes from

32. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
delayed language and echolalia
Autism
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IFSP

33. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Council for Exceptional Children
having them practice filing out job applications
articulation

34. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
visual impairment
Multiple disabilities
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Procedural safeguards

35. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
the DSM- IV
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
1%
contingency based self - management

36. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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37. 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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
group contingency contracting
whole language
1%

38. A remedial approach
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

39. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Autism
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
whole language
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

40. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
functional skills - social skills - career skills
yes
having them practice filing out job applications

41. What is acquired hearing loss?
articulation
developmental
hearing loss that happened after birth
learning disability

42. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
discriminatory stimulus
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
two to nine percent

43. Name four areas of executive function
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
yes

44. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
life space analysis

45. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
90%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Mental retardation

46. 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
developmental
whole language
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
90%

47. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
the DSM- IV
Hearing impairment
learning disability
Sixty days

48. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
articulation
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

49. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
21 or younger
learning disability

50. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
speech or language impairment
categorical approach
21 or younger