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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Program first placement second
curriculum based assessment
the DSM- IV
2. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Curriculum based assessment
Non - discriminatory assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
3. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms
ther health impairments
social stories
4. Name four areas of executive function
executive functioning
18
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
functional skills - social skills - career skills
5. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that happened after birth
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
6. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
zero reject
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
social stories
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
7. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
18
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Sixty days
8. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
two to nine percent
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
medication and a behavior management intervention
9. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
social stories
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory 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
10. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Council for Exceptional Children
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
speech or language impairment
11. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
hearing loss that happened after 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
Larry P vs. Riles
duration recording
12. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
1%
13. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
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
18
early traumatic experiences
14. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
having them practice filing out job applications
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
zero reject
15. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
direct instruction
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
16. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Sixty days
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
17. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
zero reject
learning disability
18. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
categorical approach
developmental
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes
19. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
executive functioning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Specific learning disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
20. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
negative reinforcement
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
learning disability
visual impairment
21. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
Multiple disabilities
learning disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
22. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
pervasive developmental disorders
Non - discriminatory assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
1%
23. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Larry P vs. Riles
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Fourteen
24. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
principles of IDEA
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
student to student
25. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Hearing impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
student to student
26. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Multiple disabilities
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Curriculum based assessment
assistive technology
27. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Mental retardation
yes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ecological
28. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
delayed language and echolalia
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
two to nine percent
zero reject
29. What is CLOZE procedure?
ecological
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Autism
90%
30. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Fourteen
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
31. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
ther health impairments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
life space analysis
32. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
no
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment
contingency based self - management
33. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
34. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Deafness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
executive functioning
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
General education classrooms
36. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
two to nine percent
Deaf - blindness
social stories
yes
37. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
an audiometer
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
mental retardation
38. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
yes
ESEA Act
mental retardation
39. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes
Hearing impairment
10 per 10 - 100 children
40. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
early traumatic experiences
Council for Exceptional Children
41. What does a cochlear implant do?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
duration recording
42. A model used with ESL and deaf students
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Cummins model
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Hearing impairment
43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
45%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
delayed language and echolalia
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
44. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
where Section 504 comes from
IFSP
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
45. 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
10 per 10 - 100 children
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that was present at birth
Multiple disabilities
46. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Procedural safeguards
pervasive developmental disorders
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IFSP
47. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
hearing loss that was present at birth
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Non - discriminatory assessment
48. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Fourteen
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
having them practice filing out job applications
21 or younger
49. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
speech or language impairment
Hear and understand speech
articulation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
50. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Deafness
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word