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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional skills - social skills - career skills
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

2. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deaf - blindness
Specific learning disability

3. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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4. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
they modify students thought patterns

5. 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?
the Cummins model
Specific learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
10 per 10 - 100 children

6. 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 that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Orthopedic impairment
whole language
not legal

7. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
mental retardation
speech or language impairment
functional vision assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

8. 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
yes
Multiple disabilities
zero reject
developmental

9. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

10. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Council for Exceptional Children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
50%
18

11. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
mental retardation
augmentative communciation
compensatory education

12. What is the prevalence of autism?
Traumatic brain injury
10 per 10 - 100 children
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
developmental

13. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
speech or language impairment
an individualized transition plan
Multiple disabilities
zero reject

14. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
How 504 defines a disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

15. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
social stories
learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Council for Exceptional Children

16. 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
assistive technology
students who are mentally retarded
a hearing aid
hearing loss that happened after birth

17. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
having them practice filing out job applications
1%
Fourteen
LRE

18. Birthplace of FAPE
50%
PARC vs. State of Penn
functional skills - social skills - career skills
How 504 defines a disability

19. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
ESEA Act
where Section 504 comes from
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

20. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
IFSP
articulation
Procedural safeguards
Autism

21. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Emotional disturbance
principles of IDEA
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
delayed language and echolalia

22. Specific learning disability
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
visual impairment
two to nine percent
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

23. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
where Section 504 comes from
mental retardation

24. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
whole language
executive functioning
learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

25. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
an individualized transition plan
Specific learning disability

26. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Program first placement second
ecological
21 or younger
having them practice filing out job applications

27. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Program first placement second
yes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

28. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Deafness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
two to nine percent
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

29. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
the Cummins model
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
1%
they modify students thought patterns

30. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Fourteen
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
an audiometer
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

31. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
ESEA Act
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Orthopedic impairment
yes

32. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
45%
having them practice filing out job applications
Larry P vs. Riles
Traumatic brain injury

33. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
discriminatory stimulus
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
students who are mentally retarded

34. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Sixty days
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
zero reject

35. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Autism
Larry P vs. Riles
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
augmentative communciation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
life space analysis
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

37. 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
group contingency contracting
Council for Exceptional Children
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

38. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
mental retardation

39. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
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
pervasive developmental disorders
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
duration recording

40. What does adaptive behavior mean?
delayed language and echolalia
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
contingency based self - management
yes

41. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
categorical approach
50%

42. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
learned helplessness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
45%
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

43. ADHD criteria is defined by
ecological
10 per 10 - 100 children
the DSM- IV
no

44. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
an audiometer
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
learned helplessness

45. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
Learning disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Deaf - blindness

46. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
learning disability
no
Council for Exceptional Children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

47. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
How 504 defines a disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis

48. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
functional vision assessment
LRE

49. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
functional vision assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
medication and a behavior management intervention
principles of IDEA

50. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
they modify students thought patterns
yes
try to find appropriate content at grade level