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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. 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






2. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...






3. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation






4. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?






5. 504






6. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?






7. 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?






8. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation






9. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...






10. What is sensorineural hearing loss?






11. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?






12. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and






13. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students






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






15. Asperger Syndrome is defined as






16. Birthplace of FAPE






17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?






18. What percent of the population was ADHD?






19. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?






20. What does outer - directedness mean?






21. ADHD criteria is defined by






22. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction






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






24. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






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






26. What are three biological causes for ADHD?






27. What is the prevalence of autism?






28. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?






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






30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as






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






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






33. A remedial approach






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






35. What is conductive hearing loss?






36. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness






37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?






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






39. Multiple and severe disabilties






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






41. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?






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






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






44. Specific learning disability






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






46. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?






47. 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






48. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?






49. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment






50. In errorless learning SD stands for?