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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
no
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

2. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
ESEA Act
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
90%

3. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
yes
Multiple disabilities
not legal

4. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
duration recording
learned helplessness
Learning disabilities

5. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Sixty days
Deaf - blindness

6. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
zero reject
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
1%

7. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Council for Exceptional Children
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
learned helplessness
delayed language and echolalia

8. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Council for Exceptional Children
Fourteen
Autism
contingency based self - management

9. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
zero reject
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Stanford 9

10. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
try to find appropriate content at grade level
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

11. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
How 504 defines a disability
mental retardation
negative reinforcement
social stories

12. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
learned helplessness
contingency based self - management
mental retardation

13. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
speech or language impairment
functional vision assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Curriculum based assessment

14. 504
duration recording
yes
an audiometer
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

15. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
yes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Council for Exceptional Children
categorical approach

16. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

17. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Orthopedic impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
student to student

18. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
Multiple disabilities
Deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

19. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability
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
90%

20. What is acquired hearing loss?
Larry P vs. Riles
they modify students thought patterns
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
hearing loss that happened after birth

21. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
1%
principles of IDEA

22. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
articulation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
the Cummins model

23. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
no
negative reinforcement
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

24. What does a cochlear implant do?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
developmental
Traumatic brain injury
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

25. Name four areas of executive function
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
where Section 504 comes from
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

26. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learned helplessness
direct instruction
General education classrooms

27. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
students who are mentally retarded
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
90%

28. Metacognition is connected to
life space analysis
mental retardation
an audiometer
executive functioning

29. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
LRE
Mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

30. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
Traumatic brain injury
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

31. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
an individualized transition plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

32. A remedial approach
try to find appropriate content at grade level
developmental
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
18

33. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
18
Multiple disabilities
IFSP
students who are mentally retarded

34. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Fourteen
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA

35. Share the responsibility for the students education
whole language
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Multiple disabilities

36. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Sixty days

37. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
10 per 10 - 100 children
IFSP
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
contingency based self - management

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

39. What are four types of data based decision making?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Hearing impairment

40. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Hearing impairment
a hearing aid
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
mental retardation

41. Birthplace of FAPE
hearing loss that happened after birth
PARC vs. State of Penn
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

42. 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
ecological
discriminatory stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
whole language

43. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Program first placement second
Deafness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
social stories

44. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
augmentative communciation
Program first placement second
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
they modify students thought patterns

45. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
where Section 504 comes from
life space analysis
yes
pervasive developmental disorders

46. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
18
Deaf - blindness
Sixty days

47. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
early traumatic experiences

48. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
assistive technology
Program first placement second
developmental

49. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
contingency based self - management
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
45%
1%

50. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
assistive technology
LRE
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
90%