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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
21 or younger
they modify students thought patterns
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
direct instruction

2. What does FVA stand for?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
functional vision assessment
having them practice filing out job applications

3. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Autism
try to find appropriate content at grade level

4. What does a cochlear implant do?
Learning disabilities
direct instruction
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

5. 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
a hearing aid
compensatory education
Orthopedic impairment

6. 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
learning disability
assistive technology
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
ecological

7. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
having them practice filing out job applications
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

8. Birthplace of FAPE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Multiple disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

9. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
not legal
LRE
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

10. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hearing impairment
social stories
ther health impairments

11. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
group contingency contracting
Council for Exceptional Children

12. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
pervasive developmental disorders
categorical approach
whole language

13. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
visual impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

14. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Council for Exceptional Children
categorical approach
Program first placement second
hearing loss that was present at birth

15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Deafness

16. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
assistive technology
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

17. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
General education classrooms
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

18. What is the prevalence of autism?
Larry P vs. Riles
10 per 10 - 100 children
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
speech or language impairment

19. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
ther health impairments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Mental retardation

20. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
early traumatic experiences
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
life space analysis

21. What is conductive hearing loss?
delayed language and echolalia
two to nine percent
yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

22. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
Multiple disabilities
Non - discriminatory assessment
learned helplessness

23. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Orthopedic impairment
students who are mentally retarded
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories

24. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
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25. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
having them practice filing out job applications
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

26. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
a hearing aid
no
Program first placement second

27. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
90%
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

28. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
discriminatory stimulus
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
augmentative communciation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

29. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
General education classrooms
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

30. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss that happened after birth
learned helplessness
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

31. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Procedural safeguards
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

32. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
How 504 defines a disability
zero reject
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

33. Yes
not legal
90%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

34. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes
an individualized transition plan
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

35. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
functional skills - social skills - career skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
compensatory education

36. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
articulation
life space analysis
Hearing impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

37. Metacognition is connected to
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
executive functioning
group contingency contracting
LRE

38. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
life space analysis
Curriculum based assessment
Multiple disabilities

39. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
negative reinforcement
10 per 10 - 100 children
duration recording
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

40. Multiple and severe disabilties
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

41. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
ecological
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
life space analysis
an individualized transition plan

42. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
hearing loss that happened after birth
Sixty days
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
categorical approach

43. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Stanford 9

44. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
not legal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
students who are mentally retarded

45. 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
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
whole language
10 per 10 - 100 children
Fourteen

46. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
1%
student to student
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
the DSM- IV

47. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Learning disabilities

48. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
learned helplessness
where Section 504 comes from

49. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
an individualized transition plan
yes
social stories

50. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Deaf - blindness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
try to find appropriate content at grade level