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Praxis Special Ed

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1. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
speech or language impairment
Specific learning disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

2. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Hearing impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Program first placement second
learning disability

3. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
50%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
where Section 504 comes from
Mental retardation

4. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

5. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that was present at birth
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

6. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Multiple disabilities

7. Multiple and severe disabilties
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
augmentative communciation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss that was present at birth

8. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

9. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
18
yes
learned helplessness
Traumatic brain injury

10. 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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
executive functioning
whole language

11. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Program first placement second
an audiometer
Hearing impairment
mental retardation

13. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Specific learning disability
Autism
compensatory education
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

14. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
duration recording
yes
a hearing aid

15. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Council for Exceptional Children
categorical approach
Emotional disturbance
yes

16. What does outer - directedness mean?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Larry P vs. Riles

17. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

18. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
PARC vs. State of Penn
Fourteen
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Larry P vs. Riles

19. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Larry P vs. Riles
Program first placement second
augmentative communciation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

20. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
functional skills - social skills - career skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

21. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Curriculum based assessment
social stories
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

22. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
contingency based self - management
Autism
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

23. 504
ther health impairments
an individualized transition plan
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

24. 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
45%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

25. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
Autism
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deafness

26. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
duration recording
ther health impairments
augmentative communciation
whole language

27. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
learning disability
delayed language and echolalia
no
medication and a behavior management intervention

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Deafness
discriminatory stimulus
Autism
Council for Exceptional Children

29. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
they modify students thought patterns
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
zero reject

30. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
they modify students thought patterns
Curriculum based assessment
the Cummins model
the DSM- IV

31. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
functional vision assessment
Deaf - blindness
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
mental retardation

32. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
developmental
Traumatic brain injury
yes
an individualized transition plan

33. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
contingency based self - management
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

34. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the DSM- IV
the Cummins model
yes

35. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
learning disability
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
negative reinforcement

36. Name four areas of executive function
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

37. 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
hearing loss that was present at birth
group contingency contracting
visual impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

38. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
an individualized transition plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
18

39. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Program first placement second
Mental retardation
45%

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
PARC vs. State of Penn
Specific learning disability
yes
direct instruction

41. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Emotional disturbance
Autism
Multiple disabilities
augmentative communciation

42. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ther health impairments
curriculum based assessment

43. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
life space analysis
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

44. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
articulation
Emotional disturbance
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

45. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
direct instruction
yes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

46. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
where Section 504 comes from
they modify students thought patterns
no
Hearing impairment

47. What is acquired hearing loss?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that happened after birth
speech or language impairment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

48. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Hearing impairment
90%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

49. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
life space analysis
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
visual impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

50. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
ESEA Act
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Mental retardation