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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Orthopedic impairment
group contingency contracting
an individualized transition plan

2. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
life space analysis
Specific learning disability
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

3. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
ESEA Act
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

4. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
delayed language and echolalia
assistive technology
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

5. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
curriculum based assessment
having them practice filing out job applications

6. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Orthopedic impairment
delayed language and echolalia
50%
discriminatory stimulus

7. 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?
ecological
try to find appropriate content at grade level
delayed language and echolalia
IFSP

8. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
ESEA Act
Hearing impairment
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

9. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
yes
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
students who are mentally retarded
articulation

10. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
articulation
ecological
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

11. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
whole language

12. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a hearing aid

13. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
augmentative communciation
speech or language impairment
Hear and understand speech

14. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Sixty days
Multiple disabilities
Curriculum based assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

15. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
compensatory education
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

16. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
hearing loss that was present at birth
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
PARC vs. State of Penn
Autism
LRE

18. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two to nine percent

19. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Sixty days
yes
Hear and understand speech
ecological

20. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Council for Exceptional Children
yes

21. ADHD criteria is defined by
pervasive developmental disorders
Hear and understand speech
the DSM- IV
assistive technology

22. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
1%
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Traumatic brain injury

23. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
learned helplessness
Traumatic brain injury
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

24. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
50%
an audiometer
10 per 10 - 100 children

25. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
ther health impairments
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Curriculum based assessment
student to student

26. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Emotional disturbance
medication and a behavior management intervention
developmental

27. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
functional vision assessment

28. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Stanford 9
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

29. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
zero reject
General education classrooms

30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
an individualized transition plan
Emotional disturbance
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

31. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
pervasive developmental disorders
where Section 504 comes from
speech or language impairment
mental retardation

32. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
ecological
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

33. A remedial approach
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
10 per 10 - 100 children
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

34. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
zero reject
Program first placement second
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

35. What is conductive hearing loss?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
no

36. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Orthopedic impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
ESEA Act
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

38. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

39. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
principles of IDEA
General education classrooms
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

40. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
discriminatory stimulus
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

41. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
zero reject
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

42. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Specific learning disability
students who are mentally retarded
pervasive developmental disorders
Mental retardation

43. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Traumatic brain injury

44. Specific learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Curriculum based 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

45. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
a hearing aid
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
early traumatic experiences
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

46. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
50%
Stanford 9
Curriculum based assessment
negative reinforcement

47. 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
having them practice filing out job applications
direct instruction
assistive technology
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

48. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
yes
medication and a behavior management intervention
student to student
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

49. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
ecological
duration recording

50. In errorless learning SD stands for?
medication and a behavior management intervention
contingency based self - management
assistive technology
discriminatory stimulus