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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

2. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Emotional disturbance
Fourteen

3. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
yes

4. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
How 504 defines a disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

5. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
mental retardation
yes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
they modify students thought patterns

6. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
visual impairment
compensatory education

7. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability
90%
students who are mentally retarded
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

8. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
learned helplessness
Stanford 9
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Non - discriminatory assessment

9. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
General education classrooms
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Traumatic brain injury
yes

10. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Procedural safeguards

11. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
negative reinforcement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
zero reject

12. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
early traumatic experiences
Hearing impairment
assistive technology

13. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
yes
early traumatic experiences
negative reinforcement
having them practice filing out job applications

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

15. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
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
18

16. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
hearing loss that happened after birth
Program first placement second

17. 504
PARC vs. State of Penn
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
yes
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

18. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
learned helplessness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

19. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

20. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
medication and a behavior management intervention
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
students who are mentally retarded

21. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Non - discriminatory assessment
General education classrooms
the DSM- IV

22. What does FVA stand for?
two to nine percent
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
functional vision assessment

23. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
group contingency contracting
having them practice filing out job applications
General education classrooms
ESEA Act

24. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Program first placement second
whole language

25. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
ecological
delayed language and echolalia
yes

26. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
ther health impairments
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

27. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
Specific learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
principles of IDEA

28. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Autism
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
no
a hearing aid

29. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

30. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
direct instruction
executive functioning
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Larry P vs. Riles

31. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
90%
student to student
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
discriminatory stimulus

32. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

33. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
hearing loss that was present at birth

34. Metacognition is connected to
student to student
executive functioning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
18

35. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
categorical approach
Sixty days
a hearing aid

36. Spina bifida
Council for Exceptional Children
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 most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
zero reject

37. 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
the DSM- IV
assistive technology
whole language
Sixty days

38. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
life space analysis
categorical approach
group contingency contracting

39. What does a cochlear implant do?
Hear and understand speech
visual impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

40. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
50%
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
the DSM- IV

41. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
21 or younger
Deaf - blindness
Deafness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

42. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
90%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

43. 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
having them practice filing out job applications
developmental
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

44. Specific learning disability
negative reinforcement
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that was present at birth
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

45. What is acquired hearing loss?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Fourteen
hearing loss that happened after birth
duration recording

46. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
a hearing aid
Council for Exceptional Children

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

48. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
group contingency contracting
social stories
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

49. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Autism
yes
no

50. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Specific learning disability
Deaf - blindness
principles of IDEA