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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests






3. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...






4. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities






5. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation






6. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...






7. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






8. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?






9. A remedial approach






10. What does congenital hearing loss mean?






11. Autism falls on the spectrum of...






12. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior






13. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?






14. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness






15. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...






16. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt






17. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the






18. What is the prevalence of autism?






19. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE






20. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors






21. Yes






22. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?






23. 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






24. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...






25. What are the three sub types of ADHD?






26. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from






27. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both






28. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a






29. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior






30. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as






31. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language






32. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education






33. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum






34. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to






35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...






36. 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






37. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?






38. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






39. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?






40. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing






41. communication disorders or language or voice impairments






42. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom






43. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded






44. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?






45. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?






46. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of






47. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to






48. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called






49. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?






50. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?