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Praxis Special Ed

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1. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
yes
not legal
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Multiple disabilities

2. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
direct instruction
IFSP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

3. What percent of the population was ADHD?
augmentative communciation
two to nine percent
an audiometer
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

4. What does outer - directedness mean?
How 504 defines a disability
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
an individualized transition plan

5. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
18
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
group contingency contracting
augmentative communciation

6. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Hearing impairment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Council for Exceptional Children
ecological

7. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hear and understand speech
group contingency contracting
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

8. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities

9. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Stanford 9
zero reject
whole language
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

10. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
the Cummins model
Hear and understand speech
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
negative reinforcement

11. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
students who are mentally retarded
augmentative communciation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

12. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
duration recording
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
no

13. What is acquired hearing loss?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
IFSP
hearing loss that happened after birth

14. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learning disability
ESEA Act
pervasive developmental disorders

15. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
the DSM- IV
Hearing impairment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Curriculum based assessment

16. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis
ther health impairments
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

17. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
developmental
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
learned helplessness
curriculum based assessment

18. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
developmental
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Stanford 9

19. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
learning disability
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
duration recording
Orthopedic impairment

20. In errorless learning SD stands for?
visual impairment
Emotional disturbance
discriminatory stimulus
ther health impairments

21. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment

22. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
the Cummins model
ecological
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

23. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences
Procedural safeguards

24. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
learned helplessness
two to nine percent
pervasive developmental disorders
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

25. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
mental retardation

26. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
speech or language impairment
compensatory education
Larry P vs. Riles
an individualized transition plan

27. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
ESEA Act
Larry P vs. Riles
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
18

28. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
learned helplessness
10 per 10 - 100 children
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

29. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Multiple disabilities
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

30. 504
an audiometer
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
50%
10 per 10 - 100 children

31. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Curriculum based assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

32. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Deaf - blindness

33. Spina bifida
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
whole language
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

34. Mental retardation originates before what age?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IFSP
18
delayed language and echolalia

35. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
an audiometer
discriminatory stimulus
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

36. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Non - discriminatory assessment
Sixty days
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

37. Specific learning disability
learned helplessness
Larry P vs. Riles
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
not legal

38. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
they modify students thought patterns
Deafness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
delayed language and echolalia

39. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
duration recording
articulation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

40. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Specific learning disability
categorical approach

41. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
a hearing aid
visual impairment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

42. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
Specific learning disability
yes
augmentative communciation
whole language

43. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
articulation
compensatory education
duration recording

44. 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
assistive technology
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Orthopedic impairment
the Cummins model

45. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
45%
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

46. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
student to student
functional vision assessment

47. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
student to student
functional vision assessment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

48. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
90%
Procedural safeguards
speech or language impairment
not legal

49. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Program first placement second
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

50. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
delayed language and echolalia
45%
Learning disabilities