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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
functional vision assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

2. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
two to nine percent
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
mental retardation

3. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
early traumatic experiences
ESEA Act
where Section 504 comes from

4. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Emotional disturbance
yes
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

5. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Council for Exceptional Children
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
Emotional disturbance
not legal

6. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Larry P vs. Riles
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
zero reject
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

7. 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
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ESEA Act

8. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Fourteen
pervasive developmental disorders
18

9. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Mental retardation

10. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
functional vision assessment
Specific learning disability
hearing loss that happened after birth
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

11. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
90%
executive functioning

12. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Stanford 9
medication and a behavior management intervention
Council for Exceptional Children
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

13. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Program first placement second
direct instruction

14. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
Autism
mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

15. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes

16. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Emotional disturbance
Learning disabilities
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
augmentative communciation

17. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
two to nine percent
mental retardation

18. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
a hearing aid

19. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
compensatory education
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
50%

20. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
ESEA Act
a hearing aid
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Hear and understand speech

21. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
compensatory education

22. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
PARC vs. State of Penn
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment

23. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
zero reject
Stanford 9
visual impairment
delayed language and echolalia

24. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Learning disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Traumatic brain injury

25. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Deaf - blindness
social stories
contingency based self - management

26. What is conductive hearing loss?
articulation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Traumatic brain injury

27. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the DSM- IV
Council for Exceptional Children

28. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
LRE
direct instruction
yes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

29. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Fourteen
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

30. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
contingency based self - management
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hearing impairment

31. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
no
student to student
50%

32. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
How 504 defines a disability
curriculum based assessment
Specific learning disability

33. ADHD criteria is defined by
How 504 defines a disability
yes
the DSM- IV
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

34. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Program first placement second
General education classrooms
90%
duration recording

35. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
social stories
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

36. Metacognition is connected to
hearing loss that was present at birth
executive functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
90%

37. 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?
not legal
try to find appropriate content at grade level
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Traumatic brain injury

38. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
executive functioning
the Cummins model
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
21 or younger

39. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

40. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
medication and a behavior management intervention
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation

41. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the DSM- IV
Hearing impairment
learned helplessness

42. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
Traumatic brain injury
duration recording
speech or language impairment

43. Spina bifida
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger

44. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

45. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
an audiometer
delayed language and echolalia
social stories
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

46. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
whole language
yes
Program first placement second
articulation

47. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
direct instruction

48. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
not legal
learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

49. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Deaf - blindness
Program first placement second
social stories
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

50. Mental retardation originates before what age?
curriculum based assessment
mental retardation
18
students who are mentally retarded