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Praxis Special Ed

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1. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Emotional disturbance
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Hear and understand speech

2. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

3. 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
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
medication and a behavior management intervention
whole language
Stanford 9

4. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
they modify students thought patterns
How 504 defines a disability
principles of IDEA

5. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
the DSM- IV
life space analysis
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan

6. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
two to nine percent
no
hearing loss that was present at birth
45%

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

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8. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Deaf - blindness
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
medication and a behavior management intervention

9. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
group contingency contracting
Stanford 9
Multiple disabilities

10. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

11. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
early traumatic experiences
Deafness
yes

12. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
yes
Autism
students who are mentally retarded
ther health impairments

13. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
mental retardation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
General education classrooms

14. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
assistive technology

15. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
Emotional disturbance
ther health impairments
Larry P vs. Riles

16. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
assistive technology
they modify students thought patterns
50%
Procedural safeguards

17. What does adaptive behavior mean?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
mental retardation
IFSP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

18. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
articulation
no
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Multiple disabilities

19. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IFSP

20. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
direct instruction
developmental
Traumatic brain injury

21. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
social stories
yes

22. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hear and understand speech

23. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
zero reject
early traumatic experiences

24. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deaf - blindness

25. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
yes
compensatory education
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
articulation

26. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
negative reinforcement
where Section 504 comes from
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

27. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Sixty days
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
speech or language impairment

28. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Deafness

29. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a hearing aid
whole language

30. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
having them practice filing out job applications

31. Share the responsibility for the students education
Multiple disabilities
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional vision assessment

32. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Deafness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
student to student
Non - discriminatory assessment
where Section 504 comes from
pervasive developmental disorders

34. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
having them practice filing out job applications

35. What are four types of data based decision making?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Council for Exceptional Children

36. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
assistive technology
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

37. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Larry P vs. Riles
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

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
21 or younger
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
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ecological

39. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
LRE
curriculum based assessment
ESEA Act
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

40. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

41. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
yes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

42. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
students who are mentally retarded
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

43. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss that happened after birth

44. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
LRE
hearing loss that happened after birth
50%

45. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
hearing loss that happened after birth
Larry P vs. Riles
negative reinforcement
Emotional disturbance

46. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hearing impairment

47. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Autism
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

48. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
an individualized transition plan
Stanford 9
functional skills - social skills - career skills

49. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
negative reinforcement

50. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
an individualized transition plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution