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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
delayed language and echolalia
Specific learning disability

2. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
students who are mentally retarded
functional skills - social skills - career skills
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

3. 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
Multiple disabilities
ecological
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

4. What are four types of data based decision making?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
no

5. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
developmental
compensatory education
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
mental retardation

6. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
mental retardation
curriculum based assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
duration recording

7. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
principles of IDEA
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Learning disabilities

8. Name four areas of executive function
yes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
yes

9. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
How 504 defines a disability
mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Larry P vs. Riles

10. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
try to find appropriate content at grade level
21 or younger
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

11. 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
the Cummins model
developmental
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ESEA Act

12. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
yes
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional vision assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

13. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
21 or younger
Program first placement second
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

14. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Non - discriminatory assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

15. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
delayed language and echolalia
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
IFSP

16. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
articulation

17. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Hearing impairment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

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

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19. 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?
1%
student to student
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

20. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
21 or younger
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Curriculum based assessment
mental retardation

21. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
50%
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

22. Multiple and severe disabilties
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
duration recording
yes

23. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
yes
hearing loss that was present at birth
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

24. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
developmental
articulation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

25. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
zero reject

26. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Multiple disabilities
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
How 504 defines a disability
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

27. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
they modify students thought patterns
pervasive developmental disorders
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

28. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
50%
Program first placement second
discriminatory stimulus

29. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
Hearing impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

30. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
ecological
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
assistive technology
whole language

31. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
augmentative communciation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
an audiometer

32. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Autism
assistive technology
having them practice filing out job applications

33. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
assistive technology
yes
IFSP
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

34. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
curriculum based assessment
Program first placement second
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

35. Share the responsibility for the students education
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
try to find appropriate content at grade level
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

36. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Larry P vs. Riles
Hear and understand speech
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

37. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
IFSP
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Multiple disabilities
they modify students thought patterns

38. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
functional skills - social skills - career skills
augmentative communciation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

39. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
yes
articulation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Larry P vs. Riles

40. What is conductive hearing loss?
visual impairment
Sixty days
Fourteen
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

41. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Autism
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Deafness

42. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Deaf - blindness
curriculum based assessment

43. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
compensatory education
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
life space analysis
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

44. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
pervasive developmental disorders
early traumatic experiences
executive functioning
no

45. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Program first placement second
ecological
duration recording

46. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
ecological
not legal
no

47. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
1%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

48. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
delayed language and echolalia
having them practice filing out job applications
life space analysis
principles of IDEA

49. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Procedural safeguards
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
medication and a behavior management intervention

50. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Stanford 9
hearing loss that was present at birth
no