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Praxis Special Ed

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1. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
IFSP
an individualized transition plan
PARC vs. State of Penn

2. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
principles of IDEA
they modify students thought patterns
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

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

4. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
two to nine percent
Non - discriminatory assessment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

5. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
hearing loss that happened after birth
whole language
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Hear and understand speech

6. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
student to student
contingency based self - management

7. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

8. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
mental retardation
social stories
ESEA Act
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...
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
two to nine percent
articulation

10. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
discriminatory stimulus
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

11. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
1%
50%
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Fourteen

12. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
hearing loss that was present at birth
Deafness
functional skills - social skills - career skills
IFSP

13. 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
General education classrooms
ecological
duration recording
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

14. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
General education classrooms
50%

15. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
the DSM- IV
group contingency contracting
zero reject
Orthopedic impairment

16. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
students who are mentally retarded
discriminatory stimulus
Emotional disturbance
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

17. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
LRE
life space analysis

18. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

19. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
speech or language impairment
General education classrooms
duration recording

20. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
45%
augmentative communciation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
learning disability

21. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
discriminatory stimulus
yes
Fourteen

22. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Autism
Stanford 9
early traumatic experiences

23. 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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
developmental
try to find appropriate content at grade level

24. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
the Cummins model
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
compensatory education
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

25. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Hear and understand speech
General education classrooms
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss that happened after birth

26. 504
pervasive developmental disorders
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
How 504 defines a disability
Mental retardation

27. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
ther health impairments
the Cummins model
Orthopedic impairment

28. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
Council for Exceptional Children
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

29. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
early traumatic experiences
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment

30. 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
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
whole language

31. What is CLOZE procedure?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
social stories

32. What is acquired hearing loss?
Hear and understand speech
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that happened after birth

33. A model used with ESL and deaf students
LRE
delayed language and echolalia
the Cummins model
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
augmentative communciation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

35. Spina bifida
90%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

36. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
group contingency contracting

37. Yes
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

38. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
delayed language and echolalia

39. 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?
yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
the DSM- IV
try to find appropriate content at grade level

40. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
How 504 defines a disability
Learning disabilities
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Deafness

41. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Program first placement second
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
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

42. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Traumatic brain injury
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
90%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

43. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
ther health impairments
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 DSM- IV

44. 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
Autism
functional skills - social skills - career skills
assistive technology
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

45. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
not legal

46. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
whole language
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

47. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

48. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
zero reject
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

49. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
developmental
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Procedural safeguards
Larry P vs. Riles

50. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
life space analysis
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Non - discriminatory assessment