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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
direct instruction
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two to nine percent
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

2. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
having them practice filing out job applications

3. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
try to find appropriate content at grade level
contingency based self - management
principles of IDEA

4. Yes
LRE
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

5. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
45%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Curriculum based assessment
two to nine percent

6. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hearing impairment
Curriculum based assessment

7. 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
ecological
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
10 per 10 - 100 children
Larry P vs. Riles

8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
functional vision assessment
LRE
life space analysis
no

9. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
student to student
Mental retardation
21 or younger
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

10. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
student to student
categorical approach
curriculum based assessment
Fourteen

11. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
early traumatic experiences
Program first placement second
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

12. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Council for Exceptional Children
Orthopedic impairment
LRE

13. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Multiple disabilities
speech or language impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

14. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
How 504 defines a disability
Multiple disabilities
no

15. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
LRE
an individualized transition plan

16. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
How 504 defines a disability
early traumatic experiences
Larry P vs. Riles
Emotional disturbance

17. What does outer - directedness mean?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Deaf - blindness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

18. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
duration recording

19. Specific learning disability
yes
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
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

20. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
mental retardation
50%
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

21. A model used with ESL and deaf students
ther health impairments
hearing loss that was present at birth
the Cummins model
Sixty days

22. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Autism
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

23. Name four areas of executive function
compensatory education
Emotional disturbance
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
group contingency contracting

24. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
zero reject

25. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
speech or language impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
90%
Mental retardation

26. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Deafness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
not legal

27. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Stanford 9
learning disability
General education classrooms
an audiometer

28. What does a cochlear implant do?
Fourteen
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
How 504 defines a disability
Sixty days

29. 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
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
whole language
not legal

30. Spina bifida
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that was present at birth
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

31. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that was present at birth
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
augmentative communciation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

32. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Larry P vs. Riles
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

33. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
ecological

34. What percent of the population was ADHD?
developmental
two to nine percent
students who are mentally retarded
Procedural safeguards

35. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Multiple disabilities
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

36. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Program first placement second

37. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
life space analysis
Hearing impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

38. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
early traumatic experiences
Hear and understand speech
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

39. Metacognition is connected to
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
where Section 504 comes from
early traumatic experiences
executive functioning

40. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
zero reject
Council for Exceptional Children
a hearing aid

41. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
ecological
hearing loss that was present at birth
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pervasive developmental disorders

42. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
no
Program first placement second
an audiometer
Deaf - blindness

43. What is acquired hearing loss?
compensatory education
hearing loss that happened after birth
functional vision assessment
Learning disabilities

44. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
no
Curriculum based assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

45. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
yes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

46. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
they modify students thought patterns
mental retardation
ESEA Act
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

47. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
ther health impairments
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

48. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
How 504 defines a disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
medication and a behavior management intervention
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

49. What causes autism?
learned helplessness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Curriculum based assessment
ecological

50. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
augmentative communciation
yes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing