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Praxis Special Ed

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1. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
learned helplessness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
a hearing aid
Orthopedic impairment

2. Name four areas of executive function
Procedural safeguards
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
functional vision assessment
10 per 10 - 100 children

3. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
they modify students thought patterns
assistive technology

4. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Specific learning disability
augmentative communciation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

5. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
two to nine percent
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
students who are mentally retarded

6. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
PARC vs. State of Penn
Non - discriminatory assessment

7. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Multiple disabilities
LRE
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Fourteen

8. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
visual impairment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ther health impairments
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

9. In errorless learning SD stands for?
medication and a behavior management intervention
10 per 10 - 100 children
discriminatory stimulus
pervasive developmental disorders

10. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

11. Multiple and severe disabilties
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Non - discriminatory assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

12. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
the Cummins model
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Program first placement second
General education classrooms

13. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
discriminatory stimulus
General education classrooms
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

14. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
principles of IDEA
Deafness
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15. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
21 or younger
assistive technology
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
augmentative communciation

16. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Deaf - blindness
no
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Traumatic brain injury

17. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Deafness
Emotional disturbance
group contingency contracting
learned helplessness

18. A model used with ESL and deaf students
General education classrooms
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
the Cummins model
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

19. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
Deaf - blindness

20. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
compensatory education
Learning disabilities
assistive technology
try to find appropriate content at grade level

21. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
pervasive developmental disorders
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject

22. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Curriculum based assessment

23. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
where Section 504 comes from
pervasive developmental disorders
delayed language and echolalia

24. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
PARC vs. State of Penn
10 per 10 - 100 children
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

25. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
How 504 defines a disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

26. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
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
Stanford 9
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
duration recording

27. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
two to nine percent
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
not legal

28. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
articulation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

29. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Fourteen
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

30. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
IFSP
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
where Section 504 comes from
having them practice filing out job applications

31. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
having them practice filing out job applications
curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
where Section 504 comes from

32. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

33. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
speech or language impairment
Larry P vs. Riles
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

34. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
10 per 10 - 100 children
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Procedural safeguards

35. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

36. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the Cummins model

37. What are four types of data based decision making?
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related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

38. What does outer - directedness mean?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
where Section 504 comes from
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

39. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
not legal
categorical approach

40. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
no
Fourteen
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
student to student

41. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
speech or language impairment
social stories
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

42. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
group contingency contracting
students who are mentally retarded
50%
learning disability

43. 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
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
group contingency contracting
visual impairment
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

44. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
not legal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
developmental
principles of IDEA

45. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
delayed language and echolalia
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
visual impairment

46. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
zero reject
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

47. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Program first placement second
speech or language impairment
IFSP
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

48. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
ecological
student to student
compensatory education
How 504 defines a disability

49. What does a cochlear implant do?
Orthopedic impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

50. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
10 per 10 - 100 children
Learning disabilities
medication and a behavior management intervention