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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Larry P vs. Riles
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
learned helplessness
How 504 defines a disability

2. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Sixty days
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
General education classrooms

3. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Larry P vs. Riles
45%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Non - discriminatory assessment

4. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
two to nine percent
they modify students thought patterns
contingency based self - management

5. What percent of the population was ADHD?
18
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Specific learning disability
two to nine percent

6. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
life space analysis

7. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
learned helplessness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

8. 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
duration recording
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
direct instruction
compensatory education

9. A remedial approach
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

10. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth
assistive technology

11. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
1%
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
zero reject
not legal

12. A model used with ESL and deaf students
1%
pervasive developmental disorders
90%
the Cummins model

13. Multiple and severe disabilties
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
social stories
yes

14. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
1%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
zero reject
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

15. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
ther health impairments
Deaf - blindness
life space analysis
medication and a behavior management intervention

16. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
two to nine percent

17. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
duration recording
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

18. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
compensatory education
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

19. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

20. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
student to student
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
social stories
Program first placement second

21. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Stanford 9
try to find appropriate content at grade level
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
direct instruction

22. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
medication and a behavior management intervention
direct instruction
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

23. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

24. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Traumatic brain injury
Hear and understand speech
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
PARC vs. State of Penn

25. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
compensatory education
yes
functional vision assessment

26. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
contingency based self - management

27. Metacognition is connected to
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
executive functioning
two to nine percent

28. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Autism
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

29. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
yes
not legal
Deafness

30. Name four areas of executive function
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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
PARC vs. State of Penn

31. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IFSP
articulation
not legal

32. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
curriculum based assessment
two to nine percent
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

33. What is CLOZE procedure?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
mental retardation
visual impairment

34. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
no
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
whole language
Larry P vs. Riles

35. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
curriculum based assessment
ESEA Act
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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

36. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
zero reject
Orthopedic impairment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
categorical approach

37. 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 student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Program first placement second
an individualized transition plan
group contingency contracting

38. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
no
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the DSM- IV

39. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Autism
Stanford 9
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Non - discriminatory assessment

40. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
duration recording
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness

41. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
augmentative communciation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
life space analysis
an audiometer

42. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
visual impairment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

43. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
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 is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
a hearing aid

44. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
ESEA Act
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

45. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
delayed language and echolalia
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

46. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
General education classrooms
group contingency contracting
ESEA Act
a hearing aid

47. Specific learning disability
Traumatic brain injury
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
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Procedural safeguards

48. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
delayed language and echolalia
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
learning disability

49. What does outer - directedness mean?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
student to student
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

50. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
21 or younger
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
executive functioning