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Praxis Special Ed

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

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2. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Multiple disabilities
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learning disability
developmental

3. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
learned helplessness
early traumatic experiences
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

4. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Deaf - blindness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Emotional disturbance
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

5. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
two to nine percent
Curriculum based assessment
contingency based self - management

6. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
curriculum based assessment
How 504 defines a disability
categorical approach
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

7. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
45%
1%
Mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

8. A model used with ESL and deaf students
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Cummins model
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation

9. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
group contingency contracting
discriminatory stimulus
Specific learning disability
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

10. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
pervasive developmental disorders
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

11. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

12. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
assistive technology
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

13. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
assistive technology
executive functioning
group contingency contracting

14. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
students who are mentally retarded
discriminatory stimulus
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

15. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Fourteen
zero reject

16. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Sixty days
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

17. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
where Section 504 comes from
IFSP
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

18. What does outer - directedness mean?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
yes
ESEA Act
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

19. What is acquired hearing loss?
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss that happened after birth
duration recording

20. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
group contingency contracting
Hearing impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
an audiometer

21. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
ecological

22. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
students who are mentally retarded
Council for Exceptional Children
visual impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

23. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
learning disability
Fourteen
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
categorical approach

24. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that was present at birth
student to student
articulation

25. 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
10 per 10 - 100 children
direct instruction
Procedural safeguards
Hear and understand speech

26. 504
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

27. 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
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Fourteen
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

28. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
learned helplessness
life space analysis
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

29. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
visual impairment
life space analysis
Program first placement second
18

30. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Hearing impairment
pervasive developmental disorders
where Section 504 comes from

31. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
group contingency contracting

32. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

33. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Autism
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

34. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
Larry P vs. Riles
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
delayed language and echolalia

35. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
developmental
not legal
discriminatory stimulus

36. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
two to nine percent
articulation
50%

37. Specific learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
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 caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
developmental

38. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
an individualized transition plan
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
a hearing aid
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

39. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
contingency based self - management
two to nine percent
Emotional disturbance
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

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
they modify students thought patterns
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
zero reject

41. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
direct instruction
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Orthopedic impairment
executive functioning

42. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
articulation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

43. 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
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
curriculum based assessment
Deaf - blindness
ecological

44. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Autism
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

45. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Council for Exceptional Children
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles

46. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Fourteen
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
an individualized transition plan

47. 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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
group contingency contracting

48. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
social stories
they modify students thought patterns

49. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
discriminatory stimulus
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
General education classrooms
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

50. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
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
21 or younger
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
1%