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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
Orthopedic impairment
functional vision assessment
discriminatory stimulus

2. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mental retardation
the Cummins model

3. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
augmentative communciation
an individualized transition plan

4. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Hear and understand speech
Sixty days

5. Specific learning disability
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
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
pervasive developmental disorders
they modify students thought patterns

6. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
negative reinforcement
an audiometer
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
articulation

7. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
direct instruction
mental retardation
group contingency contracting
not legal

8. 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
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
an individualized transition plan

9. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
yes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pervasive developmental disorders

10. What is the prevalence of autism?
an individualized transition plan
yes
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
10 per 10 - 100 children

11. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
developmental

12. Metacognition is connected to
Fourteen
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
executive functioning
delayed language and echolalia

13. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
speech or language impairment
Larry P vs. Riles
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
an individualized transition plan

14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learning disability

15. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
duration recording
ther health impairments
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Procedural safeguards

16. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
functional vision assessment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
General education classrooms

17. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
General education classrooms
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hear and understand speech
Mental retardation

18. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
no
principles of IDEA
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

19. A model used with ESL and deaf students
where Section 504 comes from
the Cummins model
visual impairment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

20. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
yes
Orthopedic impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hearing impairment

21. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
two to nine percent
having them practice filing out job applications
medication and a behavior management intervention
learned helplessness

22. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
contingency based self - management
speech or language impairment
where Section 504 comes from
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

23. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ther health impairments
Learning disabilities

24. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
two to nine percent
hearing loss that was present at birth
students who are mentally retarded
categorical approach

25. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
delayed language and echolalia
18
yes
50%

26. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
18
45%
direct instruction
Mental retardation

27. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
direct instruction
assistive technology
negative reinforcement
functional skills - social skills - career skills

28. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

29. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
group contingency contracting

30. 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
social stories
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

31. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
medication and a behavior management intervention
an audiometer

32. What does a cochlear implant do?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
ecological
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
hearing loss that was present at birth

33. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
ther health impairments
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

34. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
where Section 504 comes from
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
learned helplessness

35. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Orthopedic impairment
early traumatic experiences
they modify students thought patterns

36. 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
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
21 or younger
principles of IDEA
ecological

37. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a hearing aid
45%
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

38. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
medication and a behavior management intervention
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
they modify students thought patterns
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

39. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
augmentative communciation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
zero reject

40. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
having them practice filing out job applications
zero reject
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes

41. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
life space analysis
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deaf - blindness

42. A remedial approach
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
zero reject

43. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
How 504 defines a disability
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
social stories
an audiometer

44. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Autism

45. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
PARC vs. State of Penn
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

46. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
IFSP
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
augmentative communciation

47. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Non - discriminatory assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

48. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
zero reject
functional skills - social skills - career skills

49. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
articulation
medication and a behavior management intervention

50. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
21 or younger
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...