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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
contingency based self - management

2. Share the responsibility for the students education
Program first placement second
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
learning disability
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

3. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
compensatory education
Autism
articulation

4. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Stanford 9
1%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

5. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
ther health impairments
Curriculum based assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

6. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
learned helplessness
not legal
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
10 per 10 - 100 children

7. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

8. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
45%
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Autism

9. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Learning disabilities
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
they modify students thought patterns

10. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
an audiometer
Procedural safeguards
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
IFSP

11. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
no
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
21 or younger

12. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
group contingency contracting
categorical approach
compensatory education

13. What is acquired hearing loss?
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss that happened after birth
the Cummins model
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

14. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Council for Exceptional Children
executive functioning
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

15. Specific learning disability
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Larry P vs. Riles

16. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Council for Exceptional Children
Larry P vs. Riles
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
a hearing aid

17. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
life space analysis
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Hear and understand speech
Curriculum based assessment

18. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
General education classrooms
Deaf - blindness
a hearing aid
assistive technology

19. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
How 504 defines a disability
an audiometer
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Sixty days

20. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
principles of IDEA
Curriculum based assessment

21. What is CLOZE procedure?
negative reinforcement
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Specific learning disability
functional vision assessment

22. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
90%
Specific learning disability
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

23. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

24. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
try to find appropriate content at grade level
mental retardation
the Cummins model

25. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

26. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Emotional disturbance
delayed language and echolalia
Larry P vs. Riles

27. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
Deafness
Deaf - blindness
two to nine percent

28. 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
principles of IDEA
whole language
assistive technology
PARC vs. State of Penn

29. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
speech or language impairment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IFSP

30. Birthplace of FAPE
learned helplessness
compensatory education
Specific learning disability
PARC vs. State of Penn

31. ADHD criteria is defined by
direct instruction
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
the DSM- IV
delayed language and echolalia

32. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
no
ESEA Act

33. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
the DSM- IV
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

34. What is conductive hearing loss?
90%
no
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
assistive technology

35. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
they modify students thought patterns
no
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

36. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
they modify students thought patterns
learning disability
Sixty days

37. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
hearing loss that was present at birth
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
learning disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

38. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
whole language
curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

39. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
principles of IDEA
where Section 504 comes from
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
21 or younger

40. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Specific learning disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
45%
10 per 10 - 100 children

41. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Council for Exceptional Children
early traumatic experiences
Fourteen
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

42. What does outer - directedness mean?
Deaf - blindness
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
student to student
Learning disabilities

43. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
the Cummins model
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
ESEA Act

44. Metacognition is connected to
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
direct instruction
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
executive functioning

45. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Stanford 9
1%

46. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Hearing impairment
Hear and understand speech

47. What does FVA stand for?
students who are mentally retarded
functional vision assessment
not legal
executive functioning

48. What does a cochlear implant do?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
delayed language and echolalia
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

49. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
an individualized transition plan
10 per 10 - 100 children
ESEA Act
LRE

50. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
manipulating the antecedent stimulus