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Praxis Special Ed

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1. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Curriculum based assessment
ther health impairments
Sixty days
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

2. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
group contingency contracting
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
having them practice filing out job applications

3. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Hearing impairment
pervasive developmental disorders
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
the Cummins model

4. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
10 per 10 - 100 children
Learning disabilities

5. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
21 or younger
having them practice filing out job applications
Deafness

6. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
medication and a behavior management intervention
21 or younger
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
duration recording

7. Mental retardation originates before what age?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
18
visual impairment
early traumatic experiences

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

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9. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

10. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
learning disability
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
curriculum based assessment

11. Metacognition is connected to
Learning disabilities
executive functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
LRE

12. Multiple and severe disabilties
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Fourteen
they modify students thought patterns
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

13. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the DSM- IV
Mental retardation
Fourteen

14. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

15. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Hear and understand speech
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
an individualized transition plan
zero reject

16. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
mental retardation
50%
negative reinforcement
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

17. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that happened after birth

18. Specific learning disability
principles of IDEA
How 504 defines a disability
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
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

19. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that was present at birth
principles of IDEA
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

20. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Stanford 9

21. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Multiple disabilities
assistive technology
Fourteen
General education classrooms

22. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
whole language

23. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
contingency based self - management
visual impairment

24. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
10 per 10 - 100 children
functional vision assessment
Deafness
LRE

25. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

26. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Hearing impairment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
yes
Non - discriminatory assessment

27. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

28. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
the Cummins model
Program first placement second
learned helplessness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

29. What are four types of data based decision making?
discriminatory stimulus
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
visual impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

30. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Traumatic brain injury
functional vision assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
1%

31. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
whole language

32. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Deafness
duration recording
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

33. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
whole language
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
ESEA Act

34. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Procedural safeguards
a hearing aid
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

35. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

36. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
discriminatory stimulus

37. A remedial approach
speech or language impairment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pervasive developmental disorders

38. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia
General education classrooms
assistive technology

39. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
categorical approach
functional skills - social skills - career skills

40. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
50%
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
yes
the Cummins model

41. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Larry P vs. Riles

42. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
General education classrooms
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss that happened after birth
early traumatic experiences

43. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
Program first placement second
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
zero reject
group contingency contracting

44. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
group contingency contracting
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
life space analysis
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

45. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
50%
student to student
IFSP
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

46. 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
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
group contingency contracting
executive functioning
Curriculum based assessment

47. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

48. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
direct instruction
18
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
augmentative communciation

49. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
not legal
Hear and understand speech
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

50. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
ESEA Act
Curriculum based assessment
How 504 defines a disability
manipulating the antecedent stimulus