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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
assistive technology
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Stanford 9

2. 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
Curriculum based assessment
assistive technology
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hearing impairment

3. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
duration recording
Mental retardation

4. What are four types of data based decision making?
Emotional disturbance
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

5. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Emotional disturbance
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

6. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
learned helplessness

7. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
visual impairment

8. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
they modify students thought patterns
Orthopedic impairment
an individualized transition plan
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

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

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10. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

11. What is conductive hearing loss?
45%
21 or younger
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

12. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Fourteen
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
negative reinforcement
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

13. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Learning disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
they modify students thought patterns
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

14. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
social stories
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

15. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
General education classrooms
they modify students thought patterns
the Cummins model

16. What is acquired hearing loss?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss that happened after birth
zero reject

17. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Learning disabilities

18. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Specific learning disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

19. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
principles of IDEA
mental retardation
Curriculum based assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

20. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
compensatory education
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
50%

21. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management
Program first placement second
an individualized transition plan

22. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Curriculum based assessment

23. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
How 504 defines a disability
ESEA Act
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

24. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
categorical approach
where Section 504 comes from
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
General education classrooms

25. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Emotional disturbance
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Sixty days

26. ADHD criteria is defined by
Orthopedic impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Emotional disturbance
the DSM- IV

27. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
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
1%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
PARC vs. State of Penn

28. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
early traumatic experiences
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

29. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Multiple disabilities
curriculum based assessment

30. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
curriculum based assessment
yes
assistive technology
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

31. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
yes
mental retardation
learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

32. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Autism
ther health impairments

33. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
students who are mentally retarded
learning disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
speech or language impairment

34. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
ther health impairments
learned helplessness
having them practice filing out job applications
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

35. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
yes
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Deaf - blindness

36. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
categorical approach
the Cummins model
early traumatic experiences

37. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
yes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who are mentally retarded
Specific learning disability

38. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
curriculum based assessment
LRE
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

39. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
90%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
having them practice filing out job applications

40. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Hearing impairment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
learned helplessness
curriculum based assessment

41. What is CLOZE procedure?
Non - discriminatory assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Multiple disabilities

42. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

43. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
group contingency contracting
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

44. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
functional vision assessment
visual impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth

45. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
ther health impairments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
General education classrooms

46. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
categorical approach
10 per 10 - 100 children
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

47. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
life space analysis
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

48. 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
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
group contingency contracting
compensatory education

49. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes
discriminatory stimulus
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

50. Multiple and severe disabilties
Specific learning disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
yes
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?