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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What does a cochlear implant do?
no
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes

2. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Curriculum based assessment

3. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Sixty days

4. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Multiple disabilities
duration recording
not legal
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

5. 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
Hear and understand speech
direct instruction
group contingency contracting
having them practice filing out job applications

6. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

7. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Specific learning disability
21 or younger
yes
mental retardation

8. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Emotional disturbance
yes
learning disability
50%

9. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
50%
they modify students thought patterns
early traumatic experiences

10. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Larry P vs. Riles
functional skills - social skills - career skills

11. What does FVA stand for?
direct instruction
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
functional vision assessment
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

12. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
Specific learning disability
group contingency contracting
Orthopedic impairment

13. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
articulation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
life space analysis
they modify students thought patterns

14. A model used with ESL and deaf students
student to student
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
compensatory education
the Cummins model

15. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
ther health impairments
LRE
learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

16. 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?
Fourteen
the Cummins model
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

17. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
45%
Program first placement second
ESEA Act
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

18. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
augmentative communciation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
student to student

19. ADHD criteria is defined by
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Deafness
the DSM- IV
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

20. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
How 504 defines a disability
life space analysis
yes
early traumatic experiences

21. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
learning disability
an individualized transition plan
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

22. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Larry P vs. Riles
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss that was present at birth

23. What are four types of data based decision making?
social stories
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
medication and a behavior management intervention
10 per 10 - 100 children

24. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Deaf - blindness
Procedural safeguards

25. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
How 504 defines a disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
contingency based self - management

26. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
assistive technology
Orthopedic impairment
Autism

27. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
zero reject
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
Specific learning disability

28. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no
developmental
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

29. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
21 or younger
principles of IDEA
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
categorical approach

30. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ther health impairments
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Autism

31. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
whole language
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
yes
Deaf - blindness

32. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
yes
students who are mentally retarded
Deafness
hearing loss that was present at birth

33. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
visual impairment
LRE
Deaf - blindness

34. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
yes
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

35. Birthplace of FAPE
90%
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Sixty days
PARC vs. State of Penn

36. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
How 504 defines a disability
duration recording
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded

37. 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
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a hearing aid
the Cummins model

38. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
45%

39. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
mental retardation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

40. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pervasive developmental disorders
Fourteen
PARC vs. State of Penn

41. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Cummins model
having them practice filing out job applications
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

42. Multiple and severe disabilties
an individualized transition plan
group contingency contracting
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

43. Name four areas of executive function
Learning disabilities
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
10 per 10 - 100 children
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

44. Yes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
45%
Emotional disturbance
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

45. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Traumatic brain injury
they modify students thought patterns
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

46. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Non - discriminatory assessment

47. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
functional vision assessment
not legal
learning disability
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

48. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
pervasive developmental disorders
Fourteen
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

49. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
augmentative communciation

50. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Larry P vs. Riles
an individualized transition plan
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior