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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
an individualized transition plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Curriculum based assessment

2. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
hearing loss that happened after birth
negative reinforcement
Hear and understand speech
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

3. 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
the DSM- IV
mental retardation
ESEA Act

4. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
speech or language impairment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Mental retardation

5. What is acquired hearing loss?
assistive technology
hearing loss that happened after birth
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

6. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Non - discriminatory assessment
the Cummins model
they modify students thought patterns

7. 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
Autism
Multiple disabilities
whole language

8. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
hearing loss that was present at birth
Orthopedic impairment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

9. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
delayed language and echolalia
learned helplessness
functional skills - social skills - career skills

10. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
IFSP
Council for Exceptional Children

11. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
assistive technology
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
where Section 504 comes from

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

13. 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
developmental
group contingency contracting
principles of IDEA
1%

14. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
ther health impairments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
principles of IDEA

15. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Council for Exceptional Children
Fourteen

16. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Specific learning disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
90%
Traumatic brain injury

17. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IFSP

18. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
pervasive developmental disorders
student to student
PARC vs. State of Penn

19. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
ther health impairments
curriculum based assessment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
18

20. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
group contingency contracting
Curriculum based assessment

21. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
the Cummins model
mental retardation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

22. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
the DSM- IV
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth

23. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Multiple disabilities
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
duration recording

24. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
the Cummins model
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

25. What causes autism?
pervasive developmental disorders
PARC vs. State of Penn
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

26. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
yes
50%
curriculum based assessment
having them practice filing out job applications

27. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

28. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Emotional disturbance
Sixty days
ESEA Act

29. A model used with ESL and deaf students
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
categorical approach
the Cummins model
hearing loss that happened after birth

30. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Emotional disturbance
a hearing aid
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

31. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
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
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
assistive technology
they modify students thought patterns

32. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
functional vision assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
the DSM- IV

33. Yes
principles of IDEA
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
mental retardation

34. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
no
Stanford 9
the Cummins model

35. 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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Program first placement second

36. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject
Program first placement second
Learning disabilities

37. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Council for Exceptional Children
Learning disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
learned helplessness

38. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learned helplessness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

39. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
compensatory education
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
augmentative communciation

40. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
discriminatory stimulus
negative reinforcement
having them practice filing out job applications
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

41. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the DSM- IV
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
functional vision assessment

42. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

43. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
no

44. What does FVA stand for?
principles of IDEA
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment
functional vision assessment

45. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

46. 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
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Deaf - blindness

47. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
General education classrooms
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
visual impairment

48. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
ther health impairments
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

49. 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
Specific learning disability
social stories
Hear and understand speech
assistive technology

50. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
negative reinforcement
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
try to find appropriate content at grade level