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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

2. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
pervasive developmental disorders
Specific learning disability

3. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
student to student
Program first placement second
Traumatic brain injury
Multiple disabilities

4. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
where Section 504 comes from
group contingency contracting
Specific learning disability

5. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
an audiometer
Mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

6. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
21 or younger
LRE

7. 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
an audiometer
1%
assistive technology
mental retardation

8. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
PARC vs. State of Penn
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

9. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
not legal
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

10. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
contingency based self - management
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
zero reject

11. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Multiple disabilities
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

12. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
compensatory education
group contingency contracting
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

13. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
having them practice filing out job applications
discriminatory stimulus

14. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Mental retardation
Autism
45%

15. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
45%
yes
compensatory education
Orthopedic impairment

16. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Learning disabilities
ESEA Act
discriminatory stimulus
21 or younger

17. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan
delayed language and echolalia

18. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
medication and a behavior management intervention
assistive technology
IFSP

19. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
students who are mentally retarded
augmentative communciation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

20. What is CLOZE procedure?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
social stories
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

21. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Fourteen
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Larry P vs. Riles
learning disability

22. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learned helplessness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

23. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the DSM- IV

24. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
early traumatic experiences
pervasive developmental disorders

25. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
two to nine percent
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

26. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss that happened after birth
articulation
How 504 defines a disability

27. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
duration recording
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Curriculum based assessment

28. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
mental retardation
where Section 504 comes from
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

29. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
a hearing aid
Program first placement second
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

30. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
mental retardation

31. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Stanford 9
executive functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Autism

32. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
curriculum based assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
50%
IFSP

33. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
students who are mentally retarded
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
speech or language impairment

34. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Sixty days
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

35. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
18
General education classrooms

36. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
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
compensatory education
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
zero reject

37. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Autism
18
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
LRE

38. Spina bifida
articulation
functional vision assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

39. What does FVA stand for?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
the Cummins model
functional vision assessment
Larry P vs. Riles

40. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
1%
Larry P vs. Riles
no
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

41. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
functional vision assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

42. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
50%
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
compensatory education
no

43. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
visual impairment
mental retardation

44. What is acquired hearing loss?
direct instruction
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that happened after birth

45. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Mental retardation
yes

46. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
10 per 10 - 100 children
augmentative communciation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

47. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
ESEA Act

48. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Non - discriminatory assessment
learned helplessness
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

49. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Procedural safeguards
How 504 defines a disability
an audiometer

50. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
General education classrooms
direct instruction
Autism
90%