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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does a cochlear implant do?






2. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...






3. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students






4. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of






5. What are four types of data based decision making?






6. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt






7. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities






8. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?






9. What is an adventitious visual impairment?






10. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






11. What does adaptive behavior mean?






12. 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






13. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests






14. What does outer - directedness mean?






15. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?






16. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as






17. Metacognition is connected to






18. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation






19. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?






20. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both






21. What is sensorineural hearing loss?






22. ADHD criteria is defined by






23. How does deafness connect to IDEA?






24. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers






25. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning






26. Spina bifida






27. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?






28. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to






29. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness






30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...






31. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...






32. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...






33. Birthplace of FAPE






34. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment






35. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?






36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?






37. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication






38. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?






39. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...






40. A remedial approach






41. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a






42. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move






43. 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






44. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?






45. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?






46. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to






47. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom






48. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called






49. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...






50. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as