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Praxis Special Ed

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1. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
where Section 504 comes from
Council for Exceptional Children
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

2. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
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
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Deafness

3. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

4. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
no
IFSP

5. ADHD criteria is defined by
no
the DSM- IV
negative reinforcement
augmentative communciation

6. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
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 was present at birth
yes
life space analysis

7. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
early traumatic experiences
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Cummins model

8. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
developmental
yes
an individualized transition plan
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

9. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
not legal
functional vision assessment
Fourteen
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

10. What is acquired hearing loss?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that happened after birth
executive functioning
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

11. Specific learning disability
Hearing impairment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
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
Learning disabilities

12. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
zero reject

13. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
students who are mentally retarded
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Curriculum based assessment

14. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Non - discriminatory assessment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
45%

15. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
learned helplessness
curriculum based assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

16. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
categorical approach
duration recording
50%

17. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
speech or language impairment
zero reject
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Deaf - blindness

18. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that was present at birth

19. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
functional vision assessment
where Section 504 comes from
1%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

20. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

21. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
negative reinforcement
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Stanford 9

22. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
21 or younger
Procedural safeguards
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

23. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
21 or younger
1%

24. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
assistive technology
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
speech or language impairment

25. What is CLOZE procedure?
Hearing impairment
an individualized transition plan
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
an audiometer

26. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
yes
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
augmentative communciation
learned helplessness

27. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
Non - discriminatory assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

28. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
learning disability
Deaf - blindness
Orthopedic impairment

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
assistive technology
group contingency contracting
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

30. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

31. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Sixty days
Program first placement second
pervasive developmental disorders
Multiple disabilities

32. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
hearing loss that happened after birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
discriminatory stimulus
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

33. 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
Orthopedic impairment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

34. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Sixty days

35. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
whole language
developmental
General education classrooms

36. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

37. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
whole language
Hearing impairment

38. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

39. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
delayed language and echolalia
early traumatic experiences
functional vision assessment

40. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that happened after birth
yes

41. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
they modify students thought patterns
compensatory education
Specific learning disability

42. 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
assistive technology
Stanford 9
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

43. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
10 per 10 - 100 children
Autism
Hear and understand speech
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

44. 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
Orthopedic impairment
whole language
learning disability
Specific learning disability

45. Name four areas of executive function
Deaf - blindness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
yes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

46. 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
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
ecological

47. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
executive functioning
Sixty days
ecological
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

48. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Non - discriminatory assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
articulation

49. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
not legal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
PARC vs. State of Penn

50. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
LRE
pervasive developmental disorders
assistive technology
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district