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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
student to student
21 or younger

2. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an individualized transition plan
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

3. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Council for Exceptional Children
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

4. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
learned helplessness
ther health impairments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
1%

5. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
LRE

6. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Orthopedic impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
functional skills - social skills - career skills

7. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
where Section 504 comes from
yes
mental retardation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

8. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
whole language
learned helplessness
contingency based self - management

9. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
two to nine percent
mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hear and understand speech

10. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
the DSM- IV

11. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
PARC vs. State of Penn
group contingency contracting
functional skills - social skills - career skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

12. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
executive functioning

13. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
direct instruction

14. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
articulation

15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Non - discriminatory assessment
Mental retardation
learning disability

16. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
General education classrooms
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
two to nine percent

17. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
student to student

18. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Emotional disturbance
mental retardation
medication and a behavior management intervention

19. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
pervasive developmental disorders
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss that was present at birth

20. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Multiple disabilities
the Cummins model
Procedural safeguards
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

21. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Stanford 9
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

22. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
developmental
Program first placement second
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

23. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Mental retardation
Multiple disabilities
discriminatory stimulus
Fourteen

24. Multiple and severe disabilties
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
How 504 defines a disability
life space analysis

25. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
speech or language impairment
no

26. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Autism
functional vision assessment
Program first placement second
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

27. 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
90%
whole language
having them practice filing out job applications
students who are mentally retarded

28. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Specific learning disability
Program first placement second
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss that was present at birth

29. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
contingency based self - management
LRE
IFSP
zero reject

30. Mental retardation originates before what age?
assistive technology
augmentative communciation
18
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

31. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
principles of IDEA
discriminatory stimulus
Larry P vs. Riles

32. Share the responsibility for the students education
1%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
contingency based self - management

33. What causes autism?
delayed language and echolalia
direct instruction
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

34. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
a hearing aid
life space analysis
delayed language and echolalia
two to nine percent

35. Yes
hearing loss that was present at birth
Procedural safeguards
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
PARC vs. State of Penn

36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
General education classrooms
try to find appropriate content at grade level

37. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Specific learning disability
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
they modify students thought patterns

38. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Sixty days
pervasive developmental disorders
Council for Exceptional Children

39. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
discriminatory stimulus
Specific learning disability
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

40. Birthplace of FAPE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Specific learning disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
no

41. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
delayed language and echolalia
Deaf - blindness
Program first placement second

42. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
no
Deaf - blindness
ecological

43. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
negative reinforcement
ESEA Act
50%
learned helplessness

44. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
early traumatic experiences
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
medication and a behavior management intervention
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

45. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Hear and understand speech
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Autism

46. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
yes
visual impairment

47. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
1%
zero reject
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

48. 504
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
yes
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

49. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Traumatic brain injury
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

50. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
students who are mentally retarded
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
not legal
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning