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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Autism
zero reject

2. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
compensatory education

3. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Larry P vs. Riles
duration recording

4. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ther health impairments
visual impairment
categorical approach
ESEA Act

5. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
medication and a behavior management intervention
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Traumatic brain injury
not legal

6. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Traumatic brain injury
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
social stories
visual impairment

7. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
21 or younger
Autism
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

8. 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
an audiometer
yes
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ecological

9. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
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
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
developmental

10. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Program first placement second

11. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
delayed language and echolalia
speech or language impairment
group contingency contracting

12. Share the responsibility for the students education
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
General education classrooms
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

13. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Multiple disabilities
an individualized transition plan
augmentative communciation

14. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

15. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
having them practice filing out job applications
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

16. Multiple and severe disabilties
student to student
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hear and understand speech
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

17. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Traumatic brain injury
two to nine percent
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

18. What is conductive hearing loss?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
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

19. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
categorical approach
student to student

20. 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
whole language
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss that was present at birth
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

21. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
ESEA Act
Specific learning disability
where Section 504 comes from
an individualized transition plan

22. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
not legal
medication and a behavior management intervention
Learning disabilities

23. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Program first placement second
they modify students thought patterns
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

24. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
18
an audiometer
1%
they modify students thought patterns

25. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
Larry P vs. Riles
social stories
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

26. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
speech or language impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Hear and understand speech

27. Spina bifida
speech or language impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
executive functioning
Orthopedic impairment

28. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
social stories
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

29. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
ESEA Act
visual impairment
students who are mentally retarded
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

30. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
a hearing aid
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Autism

31. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
developmental
ESEA Act
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Specific learning disability

32. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
90%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
yes

33. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
the Cummins model
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Stanford 9
negative reinforcement

34. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Council for Exceptional Children
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

35. Metacognition is connected to
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
executive functioning
mental retardation

36. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Procedural safeguards

37. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
an audiometer
learning disability
life space analysis

38. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
medication and a behavior management intervention
principles of IDEA
discriminatory stimulus

39. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
21 or younger
zero reject
augmentative communciation
duration recording

40. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Deaf - blindness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
social stories

41. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
functional vision assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

42. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
1%
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
curriculum based assessment

43. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
duration recording
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

44. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Emotional disturbance
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ecological
an individualized transition plan

45. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
hearing loss that was present at birth
compensatory education
Learning disabilities

46. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
negative reinforcement
learned helplessness

47. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
a hearing aid
compensatory education
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

48. A remedial approach
ecological
Non - discriminatory assessment
delayed language and echolalia
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

49. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Learning disabilities
50%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

50. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
where Section 504 comes from
Learning disabilities
a vision loss after a person had normal vision