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Praxis Special Ed

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1. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
developmental
zero reject
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

2. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
compensatory education
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

3. Mental retardation originates before what age?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
they modify students thought patterns
18

4. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
the Cummins model
Stanford 9
Non - discriminatory assessment

5. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Program first placement second
21 or younger
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
student to student

6. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Specific learning disability

7. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
where Section 504 comes from

8. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
where Section 504 comes from
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
yes
an audiometer

9. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Hearing impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
learned helplessness
mental retardation

10. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
visual impairment
General education classrooms

11. A model used with ESL and deaf students
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Autism
the Cummins model
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

12. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
pervasive developmental disorders
50%
Learning disabilities

13. Specific learning disability
curriculum based assessment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
executive functioning
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

14. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
curriculum based assessment
1%
PARC vs. State of Penn
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

15. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
life space analysis
Curriculum based assessment
no

16. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
functional skills - social skills - career skills

17. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Procedural safeguards
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
executive functioning

18. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
visual impairment
contingency based self - management
Mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

19. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
no
Autism
mental retardation

20. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
executive functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Larry P vs. Riles

21. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
the DSM- IV
1%
Council for Exceptional Children

22. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
curriculum based assessment
two to nine percent
learned helplessness

23. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
IFSP
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

24. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Mental retardation
the DSM- IV
duration recording
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

25. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Specific learning disability
ESEA Act
Larry P vs. Riles
Curriculum based assessment

26. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
mental retardation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

27. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Emotional disturbance
18
hearing loss that happened after birth
LRE

28. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Orthopedic impairment
Sixty days
50%
they modify students thought patterns

29. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
compensatory education

30. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Non - discriminatory assessment
articulation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

31. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
PARC vs. State of Penn
early traumatic experiences
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

32. 504
yes
Specific learning disability
1%
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

33. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
mental retardation
Traumatic brain injury
life space analysis
speech or language impairment

34. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
Curriculum based assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
18

35. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
hearing loss that happened after birth
compensatory education
social stories
functional skills - social skills - career skills

36. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
delayed language and echolalia
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

37. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
a hearing aid
LRE

38. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
50%
students who are mentally retarded
Larry P vs. Riles
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

39. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
visual impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

40. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

41. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Traumatic brain injury
social stories
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Multiple disabilities

42. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
pervasive developmental disorders

43. A remedial approach
ecological
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Deaf - blindness

44. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
assistive technology
Deaf - blindness

45. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
General education classrooms
assistive technology
speech or language impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

46. 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
compensatory education
mental retardation
ecological
group contingency contracting

47. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
visual impairment
group contingency contracting
Traumatic brain injury

48. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
duration recording

49. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
90%

50. Birthplace of FAPE
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
PARC vs. State of Penn
having them practice filing out job applications
General education classrooms