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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
the DSM- IV
Larry P vs. Riles

2. 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
IFSP
Specific learning disability
whole language
LRE

3. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
categorical approach
yes
no
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

4. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

5. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
they modify students thought patterns
functional skills - social skills - career skills
zero reject

6. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Fourteen
Multiple disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
not legal

7. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
90%

8. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
yes
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
LRE
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

9. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
How 504 defines a disability
Learning disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Curriculum based assessment

10. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
yes

11. Metacognition is connected to
Curriculum based assessment
Autism
executive functioning
functional skills - social skills - career skills

12. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
executive functioning
direct instruction
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
learning disability

13. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
50%
PARC vs. State of Penn

14. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
where Section 504 comes from
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

15. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
18
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
social stories
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

16. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
contingency based self - management

17. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
45%
Hearing impairment
delayed language and echolalia
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

18. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Orthopedic impairment
Stanford 9

19. Multiple and severe disabilties
pervasive developmental disorders
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Council for Exceptional Children

20. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
How 504 defines a disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two to nine percent

21. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
pervasive developmental disorders
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

22. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Orthopedic impairment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

23. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Deaf - blindness
mental retardation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

24. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
the Cummins model
student to student
zero reject

25. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
an audiometer
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
21 or younger

26. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
group contingency contracting
early traumatic experiences
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

27. What is acquired hearing loss?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
executive functioning
hearing loss that happened after birth
Autism

28. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
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
speech or language impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

29. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
where Section 504 comes from
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Multiple disabilities

30. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
45%
Program first placement second

31. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Deafness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

32. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

33. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
mental retardation
an individualized transition plan
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
delayed language and echolalia

34. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
21 or younger
mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

35. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Program first placement second
negative reinforcement
ther health impairments
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
PARC vs. State of Penn
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

37. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Traumatic brain injury
discriminatory stimulus
21 or younger
where Section 504 comes from

38. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
a hearing aid
visual impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

39. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

40. 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
direct instruction
yes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

41. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Specific learning disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

42. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
categorical approach
duration recording
pervasive developmental disorders

43. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Learning disabilities
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

44. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Orthopedic impairment
Autism
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

45. 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
student to student
assistive technology
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

46. Birthplace of FAPE
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
no
PARC vs. State of Penn
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

47. 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
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
group contingency contracting
General education classrooms

48. What causes autism?
pervasive developmental disorders
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mental retardation
executive functioning

49. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Program first placement second
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Deafness

50. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
augmentative communciation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
group contingency contracting