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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
90%
ther health impairments
mental retardation
IFSP

2. A remedial approach
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
speech or language impairment

3. What does adaptive behavior mean?
delayed language and echolalia
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

4. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
a hearing aid
categorical approach
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

5. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
the Cummins model
mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Emotional disturbance

6. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Multiple disabilities
Deaf - blindness
life space analysis
not legal

7. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
duration recording
90%
curriculum based assessment
developmental

8. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Fourteen
articulation

9. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
no
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

10. 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
mental retardation
ecological
Council for Exceptional Children
direct instruction

11. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

12. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

13. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
18
LRE
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
social stories

14. What percent of the population was ADHD?
ESEA Act
Council for Exceptional Children
two to nine percent
Deaf - blindness

15. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
pervasive developmental disorders
yes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
students who are mentally retarded

16. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Program first placement second
How 504 defines a disability
Curriculum based assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

17. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
ther health impairments
two to nine percent
a hearing aid
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

18. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Hear and understand speech
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Non - discriminatory assessment
Stanford 9

19. 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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Non - discriminatory assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
whole language

20. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
an audiometer
Larry P vs. Riles
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
direct instruction

21. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hearing impairment
Autism

22. Name four areas of executive function
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

23. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
Specific learning disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

24. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IFSP
negative reinforcement
ESEA Act

25. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Autism
medication and a behavior management intervention
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

26. 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
mental retardation
visual impairment
they modify students thought patterns

27. What does FVA stand for?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
functional vision assessment
Fourteen
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

28. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
21 or younger
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

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

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30. 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
Traumatic brain injury
learning disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
group contingency contracting

31. Metacognition is connected to
try to find appropriate content at grade level
executive functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

32. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
where Section 504 comes from
delayed language and echolalia
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

33. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance

34. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Autism
discriminatory stimulus
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
21 or younger

35. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Hearing impairment
social stories
a hearing aid
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

36. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
an individualized transition plan
articulation

37. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the DSM- IV
90%
yes

38. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
21 or younger
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

39. Share the responsibility for the students education
no
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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

40. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
learned helplessness
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
mental retardation

41. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
medication and a behavior management intervention
an audiometer
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
90%

42. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
executive functioning
How 504 defines a disability
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

43. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
categorical approach
50%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

44. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
curriculum based assessment
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

45. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

46. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
having them practice filing out job applications
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
they modify students thought patterns
10 per 10 - 100 children

47. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
early traumatic experiences
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

48. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Sixty days
Hearing impairment
1%
Council for Exceptional Children

49. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
General education classrooms
How 504 defines a disability
PARC vs. State of Penn

50. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Fourteen
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain