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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
LRE
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

2. Name four areas of executive function
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
General education classrooms
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
developmental

3. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
21 or younger
direct instruction

4. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Non - discriminatory assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment

5. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
duration recording
mental retardation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
yes

6. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
zero reject
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
learning disability
an audiometer

7. Yes
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

8. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
ther health impairments
direct instruction
try to find appropriate content at grade level

9. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
Stanford 9
Autism
the Cummins model

10. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
zero reject
Procedural safeguards
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

11. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Learning disabilities
ESEA Act
mental retardation

12. ADHD criteria is defined by
duration recording
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders

13. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
visual impairment
contingency based self - management
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
zero reject

14. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
ESEA Act
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia

15. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Specific learning disability
life space analysis

16. What is the prevalence of autism?
students who are mentally retarded
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the DSM- IV
10 per 10 - 100 children

17. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
the Cummins model
zero reject
ecological

18. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
life space analysis
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

19. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
functional vision assessment
Autism
yes
LRE

20. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
a hearing aid
no
the DSM- IV

21. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
PARC vs. State of Penn
a hearing aid
hearing loss that was present at birth
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

22. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
try to find appropriate content at grade level
categorical approach
duration recording

23. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Specific learning disability
student to student
whole language
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

24. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
IFSP
an individualized transition plan
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

25. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
pervasive developmental disorders
Multiple disabilities
Mental retardation
Hear and understand speech

26. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
student to student
1%

27. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Deaf - blindness

28. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

29. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
life space analysis
21 or younger

30. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Procedural safeguards

31. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss that happened after birth
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
zero reject

32. 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
developmental
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
social stories
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

33. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
LRE
90%

34. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
augmentative communciation
Mental retardation
Deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

35. What is acquired hearing loss?
Sixty days
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that happened after birth

36. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Procedural safeguards
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IFSP

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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
group contingency contracting

38. What causes autism?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

39. 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?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
try to find appropriate content at grade level

40. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Procedural safeguards
How 504 defines a disability

41. 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
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

42. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Learning disabilities
Multiple disabilities

43. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
50%
Council for Exceptional Children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Multiple disabilities

44. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
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
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

45. In errorless learning SD stands for?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
discriminatory stimulus
Orthopedic impairment

46. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Orthopedic impairment
yes
How 504 defines a disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

47. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
ecological

48. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
curriculum based assessment
Learning disabilities
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

49. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
an audiometer
Emotional disturbance
Larry P vs. Riles
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

50. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
negative reinforcement
90%