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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

2. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
life space analysis

3. What are four types of data based decision making?
whole language
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
visual impairment

4. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
medication and a behavior management intervention
curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
zero reject

5. What does FVA stand for?
the Cummins model
Traumatic brain injury
Council for Exceptional Children
functional vision assessment

6. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Procedural safeguards
principles of IDEA
yes
learning disability

7. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
negative reinforcement
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
early traumatic experiences
Autism

8. Specific learning disability
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
PARC vs. State of Penn
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
21 or younger

9. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
the DSM- IV
mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

10. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
group contingency contracting
Emotional disturbance

11. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
yes
Deaf - blindness
the Cummins model
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

12. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
whole language
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

13. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

14. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
an audiometer
Specific learning disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

15. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
duration recording
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the Cummins model
90%

16. What percent of the population was ADHD?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
two to nine percent
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

17. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
contingency based self - management
curriculum based assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

18. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
where Section 504 comes from
discriminatory stimulus
yes
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

19. In errorless learning SD stands for?
an audiometer
Learning disabilities
Hearing impairment
discriminatory stimulus

20. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Stanford 9
1%
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

21. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
delayed language and echolalia

22. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
IFSP
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

23. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
executive functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
where Section 504 comes from
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

24. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
learning disability
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
not legal

25. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Deaf - blindness
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
visual impairment
where Section 504 comes from

26. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
yes
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Council for Exceptional Children

27. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
augmentative communciation
ther health impairments
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
visual impairment

28. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
mental retardation

29. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
assistive technology
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mental retardation

30. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Learning disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

31. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ESEA Act

32. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
principles of IDEA

33. Mental retardation originates before what age?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
18
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
discriminatory stimulus

34. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
an individualized transition plan
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Procedural safeguards
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

35. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that was present at birth
the DSM- IV

36. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
two to nine percent
try to find appropriate content at grade level

37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
LRE
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Hearing impairment

38. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
articulation
1%
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

39. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
social stories
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

40. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
having them practice filing out job applications
compensatory education
hearing loss that was present at birth
a hearing aid

41. 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
two to nine percent
direct instruction
functional skills - social skills - career skills
50%

42. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
executive functioning
contingency based self - management
where Section 504 comes from

43. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
visual impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders

44. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Multiple disabilities
Non - discriminatory assessment

45. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
mental retardation
two to nine percent

46. What is conductive hearing loss?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

47. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
direct instruction
hearing loss that was present at birth
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

48. What is acquired hearing loss?
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
hearing loss that happened after birth
Orthopedic impairment

49. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Non - discriminatory assessment
negative reinforcement
delayed language and echolalia
Traumatic brain injury

50. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
learning disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide