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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






2. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called






3. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy






4. Specific learning disability






5. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?






6. What does a cochlear implant do?






7. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education






8. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior






9. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and






10. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?






11. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...






12. Name four areas of executive function






13. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?






14. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a






15. ADHD criteria is defined by






16. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






17. Birthplace of FAPE






18. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?






19. Share the responsibility for the students education






20. What is conductive hearing loss?






21. communication disorders or language or voice impairments






22. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






23. What are the three sub types of ADHD?






24. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of






25. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as






26. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness






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






28. Yes






29. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?






30. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?






31. What does adaptive behavior mean?






32. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?






33. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?






34. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...






35. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...






36. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom






37. 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






38. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?






39. What is sensorineural hearing loss?






40. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called






41. What does FVA stand for?






42. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to






43. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?






44. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded






45. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the






46. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?






47. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?






48. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior






49. 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






50. Metacognition is connected to