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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Yes
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

2. What is CLOZE procedure?
an audiometer
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

3. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
pervasive developmental disorders
Larry P vs. Riles
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
50%

4. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
1%
Autism
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

5. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
not legal
Mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

6. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Sixty days
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
articulation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

7. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
students who are mentally retarded
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

8. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
a hearing aid
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Non - discriminatory assessment
Multiple disabilities

9. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Program first placement second
Stanford 9
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
LRE

10. What does outer - directedness mean?
Stanford 9
Deafness
ESEA Act
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

11. What is conductive hearing loss?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

12. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
a hearing aid
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
an individualized transition plan

13. What is acquired hearing loss?
articulation
learning disability
contingency based self - management
hearing loss that happened after birth

14. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
yes
hearing loss that happened after birth
Larry P vs. Riles

15. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
no
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Orthopedic impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

16. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
compensatory education
group contingency contracting
Specific learning disability

17. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Sixty days
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
where Section 504 comes from
executive functioning

18. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
mental retardation
yes
Hearing impairment
not legal

19. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
functional vision assessment
whole language
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

20. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
contingency based self - management

21. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Procedural safeguards
Stanford 9
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

22. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
try to find appropriate content at grade level
group contingency contracting
45%
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

23. 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
no
How 504 defines a disability
assistive technology
speech or language impairment

24. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
ESEA Act
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
curriculum based assessment

25. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Multiple disabilities
Traumatic brain injury
discriminatory stimulus
21 or younger

26. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
early traumatic experiences
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

27. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
social stories
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
compensatory education
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

28. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
compensatory education
medication and a behavior management intervention
10 per 10 - 100 children
an individualized transition plan

29. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
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
a hearing aid
10 per 10 - 100 children

30. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

31. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

32. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
where Section 504 comes from
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

33. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
yes
delayed language and echolalia
mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

34. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
student to student
learning disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

35. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Autism
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
1%
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

36. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
contingency based self - management
Procedural safeguards
zero reject
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

37. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Stanford 9
yes

38. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Fourteen
functional vision assessment

39. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
General education classrooms
executive functioning
Curriculum based assessment

40. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
yes
Council for Exceptional Children
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

41. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Mental retardation
ther health impairments
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
yes

42. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Deafness
zero reject
45%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

43. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Council for Exceptional Children
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

44. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Non - discriminatory assessment
functional vision assessment
ther health impairments
where Section 504 comes from

45. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
articulation
principles of IDEA
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
no

46. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
having them practice filing out job applications
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

47. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
the Cummins model
Orthopedic impairment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation

48. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
General education classrooms
zero reject
Orthopedic impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

49. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Non - discriminatory assessment

50. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Stanford 9
having them practice filing out job applications
General education classrooms
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes