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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education






2. A model used with ESL and deaf students






3. Autism falls on the spectrum of...






4. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students






5. How does deafness connect to IDEA?






6. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness






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






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






9. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease






10. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?






11. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior






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






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






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






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






16. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior






17. 504






18. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness






19. How a child's life experiences effect his learning






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






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






22. What does FVA stand for?






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






24. Name four areas of executive function






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






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






27. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes






28. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a






29. What are three biological causes for ADHD?






30. What is an adventitious visual impairment?






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






32. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation






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






34. Metacognition is connected to






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






36. Spina bifida






37. 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






38. 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?






39. What does a cochlear implant do?






40. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of






41. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs






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






43. 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






44. Specific learning disability






45. What is acquired hearing loss?






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






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


48. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?






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






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