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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
developmental
PARC vs. State of Penn
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
functional skills - social skills - career skills

2. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
Learning disabilities
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
categorical approach

3. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
developmental
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

4. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
learned helplessness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
IFSP
Autism

5. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Program first placement second
90%
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

6. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
ESEA Act
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

7. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
visual impairment
discriminatory stimulus
Multiple disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

8. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
Program first placement second
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

9. A remedial approach
developmental
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Autism

10. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

11. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders
Sixty days
PARC vs. State of Penn

12. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
negative reinforcement
articulation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

13. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Orthopedic impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

14. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
early traumatic experiences
Traumatic brain injury
visual impairment
articulation

15. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
where Section 504 comes from
try to find appropriate content at grade level
students who are mentally retarded

16. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
executive functioning
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

17. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Multiple disabilities

18. What is the prevalence of autism?
IFSP
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
LRE
10 per 10 - 100 children

19. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Orthopedic impairment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
an audiometer

20. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
LRE
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

21. Yes
yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Deaf - blindness
ecological

22. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

23. 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
early traumatic experiences
direct instruction
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Multiple disabilities

24. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
45%
Autism
ecological
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

25. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
student to student
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

26. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
ESEA Act
early traumatic experiences
two to nine percent
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

27. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss that happened after birth
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

28. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
zero reject
assistive technology
Multiple disabilities
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

29. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
a hearing aid
they modify students thought patterns
Mental retardation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

30. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
negative reinforcement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Hear and understand speech
curriculum based assessment

31. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ther health impairments

32. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
learned helplessness
group contingency contracting

33. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
compensatory education

34. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
PARC vs. State of Penn
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
life space analysis
General education classrooms
Non - discriminatory assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

36. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
group contingency contracting
21 or younger
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

37. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
whole language
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

38. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Council for Exceptional Children
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
categorical approach

39. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

40. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Stanford 9
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

41. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Sixty days
executive functioning
speech or language impairment
Specific learning disability

42. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
45%
zero reject

43. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
where Section 504 comes from
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

44. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Mental retardation
ESEA Act
Program first placement second
social stories

45. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
ther health impairments
Deafness
they modify students thought patterns
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

46. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Hearing impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
50%
mental retardation

47. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
negative reinforcement
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

48. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
Council for Exceptional Children
Emotional disturbance
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

49. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
hearing loss that was present at birth
mental retardation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

50. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Hearing impairment
curriculum based assessment
Fourteen
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills