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Praxis Special Ed

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1. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
90%

2. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Mental retardation
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
21 or younger

3. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Procedural safeguards
social stories
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Program first placement second

4. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Mental retardation
90%
yes

5. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
not legal
early traumatic experiences
negative reinforcement
hearing loss that happened after birth

6. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Deaf - blindness
speech or language impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

7. 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
hearing loss that happened after birth
developmental
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

8. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
student to student
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

9. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
ecological
discriminatory stimulus
1%
IFSP

10. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
the DSM- IV
Learning disabilities
Curriculum based assessment
How 504 defines a disability

11. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

12. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
functional vision assessment
yes

13. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
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

14. What causes autism?
Hearing impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
developmental
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

15. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
life space analysis
hearing loss that was present at birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

16. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
principles of IDEA
General education classrooms
yes
group contingency contracting

17. A remedial approach
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
50%
having them practice filing out job applications

18. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
ESEA Act

19. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
ESEA Act
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
45%

20. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth

21. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
an individualized transition plan
no
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
General education classrooms

22. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Orthopedic impairment
speech or language impairment
no
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

23. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
negative reinforcement
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

24. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
delayed language and echolalia
Procedural safeguards
curriculum based assessment

25. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
social stories
ther health impairments
45%

26. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Larry P vs. Riles
Program first placement second
Learning disabilities

27. 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
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
How 504 defines a disability

28. What are four types of data based decision making?
Autism
Mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

29. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
two to nine percent
LRE
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

30. 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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
two to nine percent

31. 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
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
functional vision assessment
direct instruction

32. 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
no
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

33. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss that happened after birth
18

34. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
50%
learned helplessness
Emotional disturbance
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

35. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
the Cummins model
having them practice filing out job applications
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

36. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
learned helplessness
21 or younger
Non - discriminatory assessment

37. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
21 or younger
early traumatic experiences
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

38. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
duration recording
Procedural safeguards
discriminatory stimulus

39. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
Larry P vs. Riles
visual impairment

40. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
articulation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation

41. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
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
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

42. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
visual impairment
Sixty days
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

43. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IFSP

44. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
an audiometer
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

45. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Curriculum based assessment
a hearing aid
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

46. Metacognition is connected to
Procedural safeguards
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
executive functioning

47. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
assistive technology
learned helplessness
Larry P vs. Riles

48. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that was present at birth
duration recording

49. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

50. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
ecological
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
student to student
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers