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Praxis Special Ed

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1. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
ther health impairments
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

2. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
visual impairment
group contingency contracting

3. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
General education classrooms
zero reject
having them practice filing out job applications
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

4. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
student to student
LRE
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

5. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
curriculum based assessment
zero reject
direct instruction

6. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Deaf - blindness
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
discriminatory stimulus

7. 504
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
where Section 504 comes from
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
medication and a behavior management intervention

8. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
yes

9. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
functional vision assessment
90%
visual impairment

10. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
executive functioning

11. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
45%
Larry P vs. Riles

12. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Fourteen
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
the Cummins model

13. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
mental retardation

14. 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
Specific learning disability
they modify students thought patterns
pervasive developmental disorders
whole language

15. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a hearing aid
How 504 defines a disability

16. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
delayed language and echolalia
contingency based self - management
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

17. What does a cochlear implant do?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Sixty days
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

18. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
augmentative communciation
Orthopedic impairment

19. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Hear and understand speech
IFSP
compensatory education

20. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
augmentative communciation
How 504 defines a disability

21. Specific learning disability
assistive technology
the DSM- IV
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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

22. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Curriculum based assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
hearing loss that was present at birth
no

23. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
early traumatic experiences

24. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Procedural safeguards
developmental
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss that happened after birth

25. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
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...

26. 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
IFSP
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
developmental
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

27. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
group contingency contracting
21 or younger
delayed language and echolalia
an audiometer

28. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Learning disabilities
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
executive functioning
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

29. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
ther health impairments
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IFSP
medication and a behavior management intervention

30. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Hearing impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Procedural safeguards

31. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Traumatic brain injury

32. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss that was present at birth

33. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Program first placement second
hearing loss that happened after birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Procedural safeguards

34. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
medication and a behavior management intervention
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

35. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hearing impairment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

36. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
General education classrooms
Autism
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

37. Yes
augmentative communciation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
categorical approach
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

38. 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
ecological
Mental retardation
executive functioning
Learning disabilities

39. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Deafness

40. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
principles of IDEA
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
two to nine percent
Fourteen

41. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
executive functioning
Traumatic brain injury
Orthopedic impairment
Sixty days

42. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
no
90%
Multiple disabilities
student to student

43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
How 504 defines a disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

44. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
discriminatory stimulus
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
zero reject
Traumatic brain injury

45. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
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 Cummins model
1%

46. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
Multiple disabilities
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

47. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
45%
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
negative reinforcement

48. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
50%

49. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Orthopedic impairment
discriminatory stimulus
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

50. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
articulation
Specific learning disability
developmental