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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
life space analysis

2. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Non - discriminatory assessment
Hear and understand speech

3. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
ESEA Act
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
LRE
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

4. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
curriculum based assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation

5. A model used with ESL and deaf students
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Sixty days
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the Cummins model

6. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
IFSP
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
social stories
yes

7. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Autism
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

8. What does outer - directedness mean?
pervasive developmental disorders
the DSM- IV
Non - discriminatory assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

9. Multiple and severe disabilties
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Traumatic brain injury

10. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Deaf - blindness
Orthopedic impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

11. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
having them practice filing out job applications
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

12. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
ESEA Act
Traumatic brain injury
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

13. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
duration recording
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

14. What causes autism?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
learning disability
direct instruction
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

15. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
yes
early traumatic experiences
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

16. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
50%
Program first placement second
functional vision assessment
learning disability

17. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
duration recording
where Section 504 comes from

18. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
where Section 504 comes from
LRE

19. What does a cochlear implant do?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
functional vision assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
mental retardation

20. Birthplace of FAPE
Sixty days
PARC vs. State of Penn
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
social stories

21. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
General education classrooms
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
1%

22. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
categorical approach
the Cummins model
Hearing impairment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

23. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
IFSP
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

24. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Sixty days
Learning disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children
Specific learning disability

25. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
PARC vs. State of Penn
ESEA Act
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Cummins model

26. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
having them practice filing out job applications
90%
developmental
an audiometer

27. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
negative reinforcement
10 per 10 - 100 children

28. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
direct instruction
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
duration recording

29. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Specific learning disability
medication and a behavior management intervention
the DSM- IV
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

30. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
21 or younger
direct instruction
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

31. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
Learning disabilities
ther health impairments
1%

32. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
no

33. Name four areas of executive function
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Procedural safeguards
pervasive developmental disorders
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

34. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Emotional disturbance
Larry P vs. Riles
delayed language and echolalia
functional skills - social skills - career skills

35. 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
Orthopedic impairment
whole language
duration recording
45%

36. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Traumatic brain injury
negative reinforcement
medication and a behavior management intervention
pervasive developmental disorders

37. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Traumatic brain injury
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

38. 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
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IFSP
ecological
hearing loss that was present at birth

39. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Emotional disturbance
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

40. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
compensatory education
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
ther health impairments

41. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Deaf - blindness
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
mental retardation
Autism

42. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
medication and a behavior management intervention
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
LRE

43. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Sixty days
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

44. 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
articulation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
direct instruction

45. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

46. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
categorical approach
Fourteen
Autism
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

47. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Hear and understand speech
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

48. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
having them practice filing out job applications
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Program first placement second

49. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

50. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Program first placement second
Hearing impairment