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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
no
ther health impairments

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

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3. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
learned helplessness
not legal
Program first placement second
articulation

4. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
ther health impairments
negative reinforcement
IFSP

5. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
visual impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
they modify students thought patterns

6. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Curriculum based assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss that was present at birth
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

7. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
developmental
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
yes
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

8. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
direct instruction
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
ther health impairments

9. What causes autism?
learning disability
90%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

10. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
Autism
the DSM- IV
speech or language impairment

11. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Curriculum based assessment
two to nine percent
whole language

12. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that happened after birth

13. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Deaf - blindness
duration recording
speech or language impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

14. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
compensatory education
Larry P vs. Riles
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
curriculum based assessment

15. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
duration recording
Learning disabilities
yes
articulation

16. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
10 per 10 - 100 children
early traumatic experiences
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

17. 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
yes
contingency based self - management
mental retardation

18. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Fourteen
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Non - discriminatory assessment
not legal

19. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
mental retardation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
assistive technology

20. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Procedural safeguards
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
augmentative communciation

21. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
negative reinforcement
student to student
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
an individualized transition plan

22. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
50%
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the Cummins model

23. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pervasive developmental disorders

24. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
LRE
negative reinforcement
try to find appropriate content at grade level

25. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
early traumatic experiences
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

26. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
LRE
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
direct instruction

27. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Specific learning disability
mental retardation
no
an audiometer

28. Metacognition is connected to
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
executive functioning
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
students who are mentally retarded

29. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
contingency based self - management
direct instruction
Traumatic brain injury

30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
ESEA Act
an individualized transition plan

31. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Stanford 9
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
not legal

32. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Deaf - blindness
90%
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

33. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
45%

34. In errorless learning SD stands for?
two to nine percent
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
discriminatory stimulus
assistive technology

35. Specific learning disability
Mental retardation
not legal
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
Curriculum based assessment

36. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
augmentative communciation
Larry P vs. Riles

37. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
visual impairment
principles of IDEA
functional skills - social skills - career skills

38. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional vision assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
students who are mentally retarded
learning disability

39. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
18
ESEA Act
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

40. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Deafness
social stories
whole language
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

41. ADHD criteria is defined by
medication and a behavior management intervention
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the DSM- IV
Deafness

42. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
a hearing aid
1%
zero reject
executive functioning

43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
where Section 504 comes from
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

44. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
PARC vs. State of Penn
yes

45. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
augmentative communciation
Emotional disturbance
pervasive developmental disorders

46. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
executive functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss that was present at birth
students who are mentally retarded

47. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
duration recording
the Cummins model

48. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
an individualized transition plan
pervasive developmental disorders

49. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
whole language
life space analysis
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

50. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
having them practice filing out job applications