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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms
duration recording
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

2. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
ecological
General education classrooms
an individualized transition plan
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

3. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
speech or language impairment
social stories
Specific learning disability

4. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Learning disabilities
45%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

5. ADHD criteria is defined by
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
the DSM- IV
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
two to nine percent

6. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
medication and a behavior management intervention
an individualized transition plan

7. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ESEA Act
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

8. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
Hear and understand speech
yes
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

9. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
principles of IDEA
duration recording
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Autism

10. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Curriculum based assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
Multiple disabilities

11. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
assistive technology
learned helplessness
Emotional disturbance

12. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Procedural safeguards
45%

13. What is acquired hearing loss?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that happened after birth
the Cummins model
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

14. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
Sixty days
Autism
Larry P vs. Riles

15. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
yes
ecological
Curriculum based assessment
speech or language impairment

16. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
IFSP

17. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
45%
social stories
learning disability
executive functioning

18. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Program first placement second
1%
Specific learning disability
50%

19. 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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
articulation
Autism
whole language

20. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Procedural safeguards
Program first placement second
IFSP

21. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
having them practice filing out job applications
IFSP
articulation

22. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
compensatory education
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Learning disabilities

23. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the DSM- IV
Sixty days

24. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Curriculum based assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

25. Birthplace of FAPE
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn
principles of IDEA
no

26. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
assistive technology
direct instruction
yes
Multiple disabilities

27. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Specific learning disability
Traumatic brain injury

28. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Fourteen
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pervasive developmental disorders
two to nine percent

29. Multiple and severe disabilties
the Cummins model
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

30. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
augmentative communciation
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
learning disability

31. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
they modify students thought patterns
Deaf - blindness
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

32. What is conductive hearing loss?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
social stories
whole language

33. 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
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
group contingency contracting
Non - discriminatory assessment

34. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

35. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
How 504 defines a disability
Procedural safeguards
try to find appropriate content at grade level

36. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
mental retardation
functional vision assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

37. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
yes
articulation
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
50%

38. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who are mentally retarded
speech or language impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

39. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
50%
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
90%

40. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
yes
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management

41. Specific learning disability
mental retardation
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
ESEA Act
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

42. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Council for Exceptional Children
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
delayed language and echolalia

43. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
life space analysis
Curriculum based assessment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

44. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
How 504 defines a disability

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
duration recording
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Cummins model
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

46. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

47. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
a hearing aid
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

48. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
articulation
life space analysis
Stanford 9

49. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
yes
Mental retardation
Curriculum based assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

50. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
visual impairment
having them practice filing out job applications
90%
student to student