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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What does a cochlear implant do?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
21 or younger
duration recording

2. 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?
the DSM- IV
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a hearing aid
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

3. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Specific learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
student to student

4. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
assistive technology
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
mental retardation

5. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
yes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
ther health impairments

6. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
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
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ecological

7. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
compensatory education
discriminatory stimulus

8. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
not legal
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

9. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss that was present at birth
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

10. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Procedural safeguards
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss that was present at birth

11. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
negative reinforcement
principles of IDEA
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

12. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
hearing loss that was present at birth
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
21 or younger
an individualized transition plan

13. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
LRE
yes
1%
having them practice filing out job applications

14. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
ther health impairments
IFSP
1%
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

15. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Learning disabilities
ther health impairments
functional vision assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

16. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Emotional disturbance
Orthopedic impairment

17. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
10 per 10 - 100 children
Emotional disturbance

18. 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
ecological
two to nine percent
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

19. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
ESEA Act
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

20. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
developmental
90%
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Hear and understand speech

21. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
Fourteen
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

22. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
the Cummins model
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that happened after birth
having them practice filing out job applications

23. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Council for Exceptional Children
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
augmentative communciation

24. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
yes
duration recording
50%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

25. A remedial approach
curriculum based assessment
social stories
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

26. Name four areas of executive function
duration recording
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
curriculum based assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

27. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
compensatory education
yes

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Traumatic brain injury
principles of IDEA
Autism

29. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

30. 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
visual impairment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
the DSM- IV

31. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
developmental

32. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
ESEA Act

33. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Hearing impairment
mental retardation
direct instruction
LRE

34. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
Hear and understand speech

35. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
negative reinforcement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
having them practice filing out job applications

36. 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
Learning disabilities
having them practice filing out job applications
Procedural safeguards

37. 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
Stanford 9
augmentative communciation
hearing loss that happened after birth
whole language

38. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
mental retardation
having them practice filing out job applications
IFSP
21 or younger

39. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
augmentative communciation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Curriculum based assessment
zero reject

40. 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
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
1%
developmental
18

41. 504
the Cummins model
50%
Autism
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

42. 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
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
life space analysis
group contingency contracting

43. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
direct instruction

44. '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
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

45. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Learning disabilities
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

46. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Council for Exceptional Children
Deaf - blindness
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation

47. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Larry P vs. Riles
Stanford 9
Council for Exceptional Children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

48. Yes
learning disability
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
ther health impairments

49. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

50. What does FVA stand for?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
whole language
functional vision assessment
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