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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
duration recording
18
hearing loss that was present at birth

2. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
21 or younger
Deafness
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

3. What does a cochlear implant do?
Hearing impairment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Larry P vs. Riles
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

4. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
contingency based self - management
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
where Section 504 comes from
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

5. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Council for Exceptional Children
speech or language impairment
hearing loss that happened after birth
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

6. 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
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
assistive technology
they modify students thought patterns

7. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
curriculum based assessment
an audiometer
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
IFSP

8. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Hear and understand speech
Hearing impairment
whole language

9. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Multiple disabilities
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Orthopedic impairment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

10. 504
Deaf - blindness
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

11. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Program first placement second
Deaf - blindness
Larry P vs. Riles
try to find appropriate content at grade level

12. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
where Section 504 comes from
discriminatory stimulus
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
try to find appropriate content at grade level

13. What are four types of data based decision making?
they modify students thought patterns
Learning disabilities
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

14. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Traumatic brain injury
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
mental retardation

15. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Fourteen
50%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that was present at birth

16. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
try to find appropriate content at grade level
ther health impairments
early traumatic experiences
direct instruction

17. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
no
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ecological
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

18. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
visual impairment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
principles of IDEA
Deafness

19. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment
student to student
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

20. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that happened after birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level
ecological

21. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
learned helplessness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

22. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deaf - blindness
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

23. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Deaf - blindness
50%
compensatory education
mental retardation

24. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
compensatory education
group contingency contracting

25. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
learned helplessness
social stories
IFSP
Non - discriminatory assessment

26. Birthplace of FAPE
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
early traumatic experiences
Traumatic brain injury
PARC vs. State of Penn

27. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Curriculum based assessment
visual impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

28. What is conductive hearing loss?
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
zero reject

29. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
social stories
mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

30. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
21 or younger

31. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
50%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Deafness
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

32. What is acquired hearing loss?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss that happened after birth
50%

33. A remedial approach
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
direct instruction
Larry P vs. Riles

34. 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
mental retardation
whole language
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
an individualized transition plan

35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
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
developmental
General education classrooms

36. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
categorical approach
Deafness

37. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Hear and understand speech

38. 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?
no
mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Learning disabilities

39. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Autism
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Hearing impairment
Curriculum based assessment

40. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment
discriminatory stimulus
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

41. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Deafness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

42. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
student to student
zero reject

43. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
50%
medication and a behavior management intervention
social stories
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

44. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Stanford 9
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
yes

45. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
1%
hearing loss that was present at birth
augmentative communciation

46. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
student to student
the DSM- IV
yes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

47. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Emotional disturbance
an audiometer
student to student

48. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Sixty days
principles of IDEA
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

49. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
zero reject

50. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
How 504 defines a disability
Larry P vs. Riles
Sixty days
Traumatic brain injury