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Praxis Special Ed

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1. In errorless learning SD stands for?
learned helplessness
discriminatory stimulus
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

2. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
functional vision assessment
How 504 defines a disability
augmentative communciation

3. What does outer - directedness mean?
Traumatic brain injury
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

4. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
ther health impairments
45%
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

5. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
21 or younger
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject

6. A remedial approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
visual impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
PARC vs. State of Penn

7. What is acquired hearing loss?
Curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

8. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Emotional disturbance
Multiple disabilities
contingency based self - management
yes

9. ADHD criteria is defined by
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the DSM- IV
Deaf - blindness

10. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
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
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Deafness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

11. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Larry P vs. Riles
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

12. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Stanford 9
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

13. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
delayed language and echolalia
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

14. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
pervasive developmental disorders
two to nine percent
delayed language and echolalia
students who are mentally retarded

15. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
social stories
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

16. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

17. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

18. Mental retardation originates before what age?
discriminatory stimulus
18
categorical approach
yes

19. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Traumatic brain injury
Autism
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

20. What causes autism?
Specific learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Hearing impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth

21. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Stanford 9
mental retardation
IFSP

22. 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
yes
assistive technology
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
articulation

23. 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
ther health impairments
developmental
students who are mentally retarded
functional vision assessment

24. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
ecological
social stories
categorical approach
mental retardation

25. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
discriminatory stimulus

26. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
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
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
How 504 defines a disability

27. What percent of the population was ADHD?
ther health impairments
two to nine percent
student to student
Council for Exceptional Children

28. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
How 504 defines a disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
pervasive developmental disorders
where Section 504 comes from

29. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Sixty days
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Council for Exceptional Children

30. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
students who are mentally retarded
Non - discriminatory assessment
mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

31. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
contingency based self - management
zero reject

32. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Sixty days
Program first placement second
life space analysis
mental retardation

33. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
zero reject
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
no
student to student

34. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Curriculum based assessment
Stanford 9

35. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
45%
yes
not legal
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

36. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
General education classrooms
student to student
categorical approach

37. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
life space analysis
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

38. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Hearing impairment
mental retardation
18
contingency based self - management

39. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
principles of IDEA
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
functional skills - social skills - career skills
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

40. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

41. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
duration recording
Emotional disturbance
early traumatic experiences
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

42. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Curriculum based assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
90%
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

43. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
direct instruction
Traumatic brain injury
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
21 or younger

44. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Sixty days
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
the Cummins model
learned helplessness

45. Multiple and severe disabilties
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
yes
pervasive developmental disorders

47. What is CLOZE procedure?
social stories
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Learning disabilities

48. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

49. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
LRE
developmental
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

50. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
90%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive