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Praxis Special Ed

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1. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Hearing impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
students who are mentally retarded

2. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
delayed language and echolalia
negative reinforcement
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
student to student

3. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
18
Orthopedic impairment

4. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Non - discriminatory assessment
categorical approach
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
1%

5. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
Orthopedic impairment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

6. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
articulation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

7. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Non - discriminatory assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
Deafness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
students who are mentally retarded
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

9. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Larry P vs. Riles
Deaf - blindness
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

10. 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
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
45%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
whole language

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

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12. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Council for Exceptional Children
Mental retardation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

13. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
contingency based self - management

14. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
categorical approach
Specific learning disability
ESEA Act
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

15. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn
LRE
Fourteen

16. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
a hearing aid

17. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Procedural safeguards
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. 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
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
contingency based self - management

19. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
executive functioning
Program first placement second
a hearing aid

20. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
life space analysis
ther health impairments
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

21. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
students who are mentally retarded
10 per 10 - 100 children
Hear and understand speech

22. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
pervasive developmental disorders
contingency based self - management

23. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
50%
Larry P vs. Riles
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
mental retardation

24. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
How 504 defines a disability

25. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
negative reinforcement
Larry P vs. Riles

26. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Stanford 9
life space analysis
learned helplessness
learning disability

27. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
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
ecological
Specific learning disability
student to student

28. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
social stories
50%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
an audiometer

29. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
discriminatory stimulus
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
speech or language impairment

30. Specific learning disability
How 504 defines a disability
delayed language and echolalia
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
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

31. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
medication and a behavior management intervention
Traumatic brain injury
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

32. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Hearing impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
the Cummins model
General education classrooms

33. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
an audiometer
90%
Traumatic brain injury
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

34. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
LRE

35. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
ecological
speech or language impairment
50%

36. What percent of the population was ADHD?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
two to nine percent
principles of IDEA
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

37. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

38. 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
visual impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
ecological
group contingency contracting

39. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Multiple disabilities
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
discriminatory stimulus
learning disability

40. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
articulation

41. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Deaf - blindness
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hearing impairment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

42. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
18
50%
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

43. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
yes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

44. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences
the DSM- IV

45. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
90%
How 504 defines a disability
where Section 504 comes from
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

46. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
whole language
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

47. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
assistive technology
learned helplessness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
45%

48. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
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
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
an audiometer

49. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
students who are mentally retarded
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
not legal
augmentative communciation

50. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Cummins model
medication and a behavior management intervention