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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Share the responsibility for the students education
whole language
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
mental retardation
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2. Name four areas of executive function
10 per 10 - 100 children
pervasive developmental disorders
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
functional skills - social skills - career skills

3. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
contingency based self - management
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

4. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
not legal
90%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
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5. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Sixty days
learned helplessness
compensatory education
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

6. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a hearing aid

7. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Orthopedic impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
PARC vs. State of Penn

8. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
yes
they modify students thought patterns
whole language
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

9. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
Program first placement second

10. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
delayed language and echolalia
yes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

11. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
90%

12. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
50%
categorical approach
45%

13. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Deafness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
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14. Metacognition is connected to
contingency based self - management
an individualized transition plan
Deaf - blindness
executive functioning

15. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

16. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
Orthopedic impairment
Emotional disturbance
student to student

17. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
learned helplessness
the Cummins model
where Section 504 comes from
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

18. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
Council for Exceptional Children
not legal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

19. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
not legal
they modify students thought patterns
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Procedural safeguards

20. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Orthopedic impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

21. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Hearing impairment

22. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
categorical approach
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

23. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Larry P vs. Riles
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
social stories

24. 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
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IFSP
18
whole language

25. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
categorical approach
Hear and understand speech
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

26. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
not legal
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
students who are mentally retarded
yes

27. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
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
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Fourteen
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

28. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
General education classrooms
direct instruction
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

29. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
the DSM- IV
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
compensatory education
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

30. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
early traumatic experiences
they modify students thought patterns
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

31. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
18
ther health impairments

32. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
yes
Multiple disabilities

33. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Specific learning disability
Mental retardation

34. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
50%
not legal
delayed language and echolalia
1%

35. 504
functional vision assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
student to student

36. What is the prevalence of autism?
principles of IDEA
10 per 10 - 100 children
a hearing aid
General education classrooms

37. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Deaf - blindness
assistive technology
yes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

38. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Stanford 9
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that was present at birth

39. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

40. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
articulation
Fourteen

41. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
learned helplessness

42. 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
Mental retardation
two to nine percent
developmental
direct instruction

43. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
mental retardation
Traumatic brain injury

44. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
whole language
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
PARC vs. State of Penn
Procedural safeguards

45. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
hearing loss that happened after birth
not legal
student to student
Sixty days

46. 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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
assistive technology
where Section 504 comes from

47. What causes autism?
learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Multiple disabilities

48. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management
assistive technology

49. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
developmental

50. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Hearing impairment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP