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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

2. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
social stories
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Sixty days

3. Share the responsibility for the students education
Council for Exceptional Children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
two to nine percent

4. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
zero reject
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
PARC vs. State of Penn
Traumatic brain injury

5. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
yes
life space analysis
PARC vs. State of Penn

6. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

7. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
21 or younger
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

8. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
speech or language impairment
Council for Exceptional Children
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
mental retardation

9. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
speech or language impairment
yes
curriculum based assessment
10 per 10 - 100 children

10. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Non - discriminatory assessment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

11. 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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
hearing loss that happened after birth
Autism

12. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
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limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Deafness

13. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
yes
try to find appropriate content at grade level
social stories

14. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that happened after birth

15. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Non - discriminatory assessment
augmentative communciation
45%
yes

16. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
10 per 10 - 100 children
discriminatory stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
functional skills - social skills - career skills
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

18. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Emotional disturbance
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
executive functioning
augmentative communciation

19. What causes autism?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Specific learning disability
contingency based self - management

20. 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
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
executive functioning
assistive technology
ther health impairments

21. Spina bifida
How 504 defines a disability
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

22. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
ther health impairments
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

23. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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24. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Deafness
visual impairment
delayed language and echolalia

25. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Deafness
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

26. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
group contingency contracting
Specific learning disability
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
50%

27. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Fourteen
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Non - discriminatory assessment

28. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
visual impairment
Fourteen
hearing loss that was present at birth
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

29. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
early traumatic experiences
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
principles of IDEA

30. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
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medication and a behavior management intervention
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

31. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
executive functioning
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
LRE

32. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Specific learning disability
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Multiple disabilities
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

33. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
ecological
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children
yes

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Hear and understand speech
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

35. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
ecological
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IFSP
categorical approach

36. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pervasive developmental disorders
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability

37. In errorless learning SD stands for?
social stories
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
discriminatory stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

38. What are four types of data based decision making?
where Section 504 comes from
not legal
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

39. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
the DSM- IV
IFSP
two to nine percent

40. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
21 or younger
Program first placement second
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

41. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Specific learning disability
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

42. Metacognition is connected to
How 504 defines a disability
a hearing aid
mental retardation
executive functioning

43. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
10 per 10 - 100 children
not legal
Traumatic brain injury

44. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Autism
two to nine percent
Procedural safeguards

45. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an audiometer
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

46. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
IFSP
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
zero reject
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

47. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
speech or language impairment
Program first placement second
Stanford 9

48. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
mental retardation
no
hearing loss that was present at birth
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

49. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Fourteen
principles of IDEA

50. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Autism
Mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with