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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
18
General education classrooms
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

2. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
direct instruction
they modify students thought patterns

3. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
hearing loss that happened after birth
categorical approach
no

4. Name three components of the AAMR definition 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
curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

5. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
direct instruction
where Section 504 comes from

6. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Sixty days
Stanford 9
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

7. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
pervasive developmental disorders
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
social stories
functional skills - social skills - career skills

8. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
two to nine percent
Hear and understand speech
students who are mentally retarded

9. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

10. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
yes
early traumatic experiences
an audiometer

11. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Larry P vs. Riles
Non - discriminatory assessment

12. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
contingency based self - management
10 per 10 - 100 children
an audiometer
90%

13. Birthplace of FAPE
Deaf - blindness
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
PARC vs. State of Penn
negative reinforcement

14. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Orthopedic impairment
learned helplessness

15. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth

16. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Non - discriminatory assessment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
not legal

17. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
two to nine percent
life space analysis
Specific learning disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

18. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
a hearing aid
hearing loss that happened after birth

19. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
50%
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

20. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
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
LRE
18
IFSP

21. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
executive functioning
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
hearing loss that happened after birth

22. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Larry P vs. Riles
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
visual impairment
early traumatic experiences

23. Mental retardation originates before what age?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Sixty days
18
Multiple disabilities

24. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
1%
where Section 504 comes from
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Stanford 9
Orthopedic impairment

26. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
students who are mentally retarded
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

27. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
visual impairment
Mental retardation

28. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
visual impairment
curriculum based assessment
Fourteen

29. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
assistive technology
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

30. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
augmentative communciation
pervasive developmental disorders
Larry P vs. Riles

31. 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
1%
group contingency contracting
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learning disability

32. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
visual impairment
Fourteen
Council for Exceptional Children
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

33. What is CLOZE procedure?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
45%
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
augmentative communciation

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
1%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
18

35. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
learned helplessness
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes

36. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
50%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

37. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
yes
functional vision assessment
Fourteen

38. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
negative reinforcement
ecological
early traumatic experiences
having them practice filing out job applications

39. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
compensatory education
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

40. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that was present at birth
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

41. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
1%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Autism
mental retardation
developmental

43. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Autism
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Orthopedic impairment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

44. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level

45. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Larry P vs. Riles
delayed language and echolalia
developmental
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

46. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Emotional disturbance
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

47. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

48. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
where Section 504 comes from
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

49. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
learning disability
Specific learning disability
How 504 defines a disability
ecological

50. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
yes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
life space analysis