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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
visual impairment
Hearing impairment
duration recording
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

2. 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
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
group contingency contracting
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

3. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
18
early traumatic experiences
Non - discriminatory assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

4. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Deaf - blindness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

5. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Hearing impairment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

6. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
curriculum based assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

7. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
speech or language impairment
learned helplessness
categorical approach
students who are mentally retarded

8. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learning disability
delayed language and echolalia

9. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Program first placement second
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
categorical approach

10. 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
two to nine percent
How 504 defines a disability
visual impairment

11. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pervasive developmental disorders
curriculum based assessment

12. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Specific learning disability

13. What is conductive hearing loss?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
zero reject
Program first placement second

14. What does adaptive behavior mean?
group contingency contracting
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
categorical approach
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

15. Spina bifida
functional vision assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
visual impairment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

16. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
student to student
visual impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

17. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Non - discriminatory assessment
the Cummins model

18. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
assistive technology
articulation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

19. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
developmental
having them practice filing out job applications
General education classrooms
the Cummins model

20. 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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
group contingency contracting

21. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
learned helplessness
Autism

22. 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
the DSM- IV
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Program first placement second

23. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
21 or younger
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Multiple disabilities

24. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
50%
pervasive developmental disorders
two to nine percent
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

25. A remedial approach
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
an audiometer
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

26. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ESEA Act
they modify students thought patterns
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

27. ADHD criteria is defined by
categorical approach
the DSM- IV
functional skills - social skills - career skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

28. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Sixty days
direct instruction
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Hear and understand speech

29. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
two to nine percent
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
functional vision assessment

30. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
hearing loss that was present at birth
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

31. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Deaf - blindness
group contingency contracting
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

32. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
articulation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
General education classrooms
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

33. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
50%
Learning disabilities
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
group contingency contracting

34. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
hearing loss that happened after birth
direct instruction
curriculum based assessment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

35. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
ESEA Act
PARC vs. State of Penn
Deaf - blindness

36. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hearing impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

37. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
learned helplessness
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss that was present at birth
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

38. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

39. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
having them practice filing out job applications
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
early traumatic experiences

40. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Traumatic brain injury
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

41. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
where Section 504 comes from
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

42. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
ther health impairments
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

43. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
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
categorical approach

44. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
functional vision assessment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

45. Birthplace of FAPE
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
developmental
PARC vs. State of Penn

46. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
categorical approach
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
where Section 504 comes from
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

47. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
21 or younger
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

48. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
functional vision assessment
Multiple disabilities
try to find appropriate content at grade level

49. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
compensatory education
Emotional disturbance
articulation
where Section 504 comes from

50. Mental retardation originates before what age?
LRE
18
curriculum based assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive