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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Share the responsibility for the students education
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

2. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Learning disabilities
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

3. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
functional vision assessment
an audiometer
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

4. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
duration recording
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

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
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Deafness
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
direct instruction

6. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
PARC vs. State of Penn
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
contingency based self - management

7. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
LRE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

8. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
students who are mentally retarded
compensatory education

9. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Procedural safeguards
How 504 defines a disability
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

10. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Stanford 9
duration recording
an audiometer

11. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
contingency based self - management
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
1%

12. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
executive functioning
they modify students thought patterns
10 per 10 - 100 children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

13. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
discriminatory stimulus
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
principles of IDEA

14. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
speech or language impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

15. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
50%
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Orthopedic impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

16. Yes
contingency based self - management
delayed language and echolalia
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
functional vision assessment

17. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
group contingency contracting
ther health impairments

18. What is conductive hearing loss?
life space analysis
executive functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
pervasive developmental disorders

19. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Curriculum based assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

20. What does FVA stand for?
LRE
functional vision assessment
1%
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

21. What does a cochlear implant do?
zero reject
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
delayed language and echolalia

22. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Deafness
Fourteen
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

23. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
they modify students thought patterns

24. Multiple and severe disabilties
a hearing aid
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
medication and a behavior management intervention
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

25. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Fourteen
contingency based self - management
life space analysis

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

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27. 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
developmental
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
90%
augmentative communciation

28. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that happened after birth
Deafness

29. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
IFSP
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
an audiometer

30. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
social stories
Deaf - blindness
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Program first placement second

31. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Orthopedic impairment
Mental retardation

32. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
ther health impairments
PARC vs. State of Penn
two to nine percent

33. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
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
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

34. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Procedural safeguards
assistive technology
IFSP
having them practice filing out job applications

35. A model used with ESL and deaf students
where Section 504 comes from
group contingency contracting
principles of IDEA
the Cummins model

36. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
yes
categorical approach
1%
curriculum based assessment

37. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
18
social stories
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

38. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Multiple disabilities
Deafness
student to student

39. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
duration recording
augmentative communciation
50%

40. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

41. 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?
Emotional disturbance
not legal
Fourteen
try to find appropriate content at grade level

42. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
articulation
discriminatory stimulus
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

43. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
the DSM- IV
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Cummins model

44. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Orthopedic impairment
Hear and understand speech
Program first placement second
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

45. What does adaptive behavior mean?
1%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
delayed language and echolalia
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

46. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Program first placement second
Deafness
contingency based self - management
discriminatory stimulus

47. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

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

49. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
IFSP
Non - discriminatory assessment
How 504 defines a disability
negative reinforcement

50. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
a hearing aid
principles of IDEA
18
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning