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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What percent of the population was ADHD?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
two to nine percent
compensatory education
Sixty days

2. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
no
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

3. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Hearing impairment
45%
an individualized transition plan
General education classrooms

4. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Deafness
life space analysis

5. Spina bifida
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

6. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
the DSM- IV
PARC vs. State of Penn
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

7. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ther health impairments

8. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Specific learning disability
Deaf - blindness
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
PARC vs. State of Penn

9. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Specific learning disability

10. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
discriminatory stimulus
the Cummins model
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

11. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
18
Procedural safeguards
50%
they modify students thought patterns

12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
hearing loss that happened after birth
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
mental retardation

13. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the DSM- IV
learning disability

14. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
functional skills - social skills - career skills
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
Multiple disabilities

15. Specific learning disability
direct instruction
early traumatic experiences
Fourteen
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

16. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
no
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

17. 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
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
direct instruction
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
social stories

18. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
medication and a behavior management intervention
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
learning disability

19. 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
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
ESEA Act
articulation
group contingency contracting

20. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
whole language
Council for Exceptional Children

21. What is conductive hearing loss?
ecological
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes

22. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Traumatic brain injury
yes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that was present at birth

23. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
augmentative communciation
group contingency contracting

24. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
How 504 defines a disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
two to nine percent
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
having them practice filing out job applications
augmentative communciation
Procedural safeguards
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

26. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
augmentative communciation
developmental
visual impairment

27. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
functional vision assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
LRE
Fourteen

28. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences
IFSP
90%

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
General education classrooms

30. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
contingency based self - management
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting

31. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
contingency based self - management
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

32. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
negative reinforcement
students who are mentally retarded

33. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Learning disabilities
Hear and understand speech
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
life space analysis

34. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Autism
augmentative communciation

35. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
an individualized transition plan
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
student to student

36. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
learned helplessness
Specific learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

37. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

38. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Program first placement second
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
pervasive developmental disorders
principles of IDEA

39. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Sixty days
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
contingency based self - management
augmentative communciation

40. 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?
social stories
functional skills - social skills - career skills
try to find appropriate content at grade level
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

41. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
21 or younger
social stories
Council for Exceptional Children

42. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
discriminatory stimulus
yes
principles of IDEA
augmentative communciation

43. Share the responsibility for the students education
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

44. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
PARC vs. State of Penn
LRE
early traumatic experiences
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

45. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Emotional disturbance
Traumatic brain injury
compensatory education
How 504 defines a disability

46. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
How 504 defines a disability
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss that was present at birth

47. What is the prevalence of autism?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
10 per 10 - 100 children
Larry P vs. Riles

48. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
hearing loss that happened after birth
having them practice filing out job applications
categorical approach
21 or younger

49. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Learning disabilities
categorical approach
discriminatory stimulus
speech or language impairment

50. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Fourteen
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
contingency based self - management
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called