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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Non - discriminatory assessment
the DSM- IV
two to nine percent

2. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
compensatory education
negative reinforcement
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

3. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
18
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Specific learning disability

4. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
delayed language and echolalia
social stories
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

5. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
curriculum based assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
principles of IDEA
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

6. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Curriculum based assessment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

7. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
an audiometer
Hear and understand speech

8. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
group contingency contracting
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who are mentally retarded

9. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
life space analysis
yes

10. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

11. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Sixty days
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pervasive developmental disorders

12. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
21 or younger
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
learning disability
direct instruction

13. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Program first placement second
compensatory education
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

14. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
1%
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes
learned helplessness

15. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
yes
the Cummins model
hearing loss that was present at birth
visual impairment

16. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Program first placement second
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
whole language

17. Mental retardation originates before what age?
negative reinforcement
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
18

18. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
direct instruction
Stanford 9
LRE
a hearing aid

19. Multiple and severe disabilties
Autism
contingency based self - management
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

20. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Council for Exceptional Children
augmentative communciation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

21. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
General education classrooms
having them practice filing out job applications
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

22. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
contingency based self - management
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that happened after birth

23. A model used with ESL and deaf students
medication and a behavior management intervention
the Cummins model
IFSP
General education classrooms

24. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
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
articulation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Traumatic brain injury

25. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
direct instruction
pervasive developmental disorders

26. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
50%
compensatory education
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

27. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
How 504 defines a disability
discriminatory stimulus

28. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Program first placement second
Autism
Hear and understand speech

29. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
augmentative communciation
90%

30. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
no
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
General education classrooms
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

31. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
speech or language impairment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
student to student

32. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
delayed language and echolalia
learning disability

33. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
ther health impairments
no
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
21 or younger

34. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
where Section 504 comes from
medication and a behavior management intervention
duration recording
ESEA Act

35. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
social stories
curriculum based assessment
Multiple disabilities
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

36. 504
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

37. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
zero reject
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

38. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
no
50%
they modify students thought patterns
the DSM- IV

39. Specific learning disability
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
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that happened after birth

40. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
hearing loss that happened after birth
IFSP
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
a hearing aid

41. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
hearing loss that happened after birth
Curriculum based assessment
an individualized transition plan
group contingency contracting

42. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
1%
two to nine percent

43. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Fourteen
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

44. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
direct instruction
Specific learning disability
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss that was present at birth

45. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
whole language
where Section 504 comes from
IFSP
mental retardation

46. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
compensatory education
pervasive developmental disorders
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an audiometer

47. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
social stories
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

48. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Council for Exceptional Children
curriculum based assessment
Fourteen
functional skills - social skills - career skills

49. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
compensatory education
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Multiple disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

50. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
no
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers