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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Hear and understand speech
two to nine percent
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
assistive technology

2. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
students who are mentally retarded
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

3. Multiple and severe disabilties
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Stanford 9
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Cummins model

4. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
they modify students thought patterns
executive functioning

5. 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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Deafness
assistive technology
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

6. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
IFSP
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Fourteen

7. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
50%
Orthopedic impairment

8. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
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
contingency based self - management
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

9. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA
developmental
whole language

10. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
duration recording

11. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Larry P vs. Riles
Specific learning disability
Non - discriminatory assessment

12. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
IFSP
zero reject

13. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
no
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

14. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss that was present at birth
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Emotional disturbance

15. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Larry P vs. Riles
articulation

16. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Procedural safeguards
Fourteen
learned helplessness
Multiple disabilities

17. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
early traumatic experiences
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
social stories

18. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
learning disability
Non - discriminatory assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

19. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
learned helplessness
Program first placement second

20. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Curriculum based assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
90%

21. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Program first placement second
Procedural safeguards
Mental retardation
Autism

22. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

23. What is acquired hearing loss?
21 or younger
hearing loss that happened after birth
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Cummins model

24. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
visual impairment
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

25. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
learned helplessness
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

26. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
learned helplessness
Hearing impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

27. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
an individualized transition plan
Deaf - blindness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

28. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
two to nine percent
hearing loss that was present at birth
Procedural safeguards
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

29. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Fourteen
try to find appropriate content at grade level

30. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
life space analysis
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

31. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Larry P vs. Riles
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Non - discriminatory assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

32. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
How 504 defines a disability

33. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
ecological
delayed language and echolalia
duration recording
Curriculum based assessment

34. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
the DSM- IV
Curriculum based assessment
whole language

35. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
group contingency contracting
1%
yes
pervasive developmental disorders

36. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
10 per 10 - 100 children
Orthopedic impairment
categorical approach

37. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
learning disability
speech or language impairment
yes
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

38. 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
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
where Section 504 comes from

39. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Larry P vs. Riles
Stanford 9
Council for Exceptional Children

40. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
augmentative communciation
How 504 defines a disability

41. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
1%
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

42. 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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
compensatory education
having them practice filing out job applications
direct instruction

43. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
50%

44. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
having them practice filing out job applications
principles of IDEA
Emotional disturbance
How 504 defines a disability

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

46. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
executive functioning
early traumatic experiences

47. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
they modify students thought patterns
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

48. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Procedural safeguards
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

49. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
the DSM- IV
learning disability
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
functional skills - social skills - career skills

50. Birthplace of FAPE
mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
Emotional disturbance
mental retardation