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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 504
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learned helplessness
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

2. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
IFSP
life space analysis
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
the Cummins model

3. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
pervasive developmental disorders
curriculum based assessment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Stanford 9

4. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

5. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss that happened after birth

6. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Multiple disabilities
social stories
Curriculum based assessment
10 per 10 - 100 children

7. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Non - discriminatory assessment
How 504 defines a disability
yes
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

8. 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
IFSP
yes
group contingency contracting
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

9. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Deafness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
negative reinforcement
Sixty days

10. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
45%
LRE
articulation
Orthopedic impairment

11. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
augmentative communciation

12. What does FVA stand for?
categorical approach
functional vision assessment
Mental retardation
Non - discriminatory assessment

13. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
How 504 defines a disability
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
life space analysis
no

14. 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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the Cummins model
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

15. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Mental retardation
mental retardation
negative reinforcement
assistive technology

16. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Multiple disabilities
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learning disability
duration recording

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
45%
Stanford 9
an individualized transition plan
functional skills - social skills - career skills

18. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
articulation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Hear and understand speech
visual impairment

19. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
two to nine percent
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
PARC vs. State of Penn
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

20. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
whole language
contingency based self - management
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Procedural safeguards

21. 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?
21 or younger
where Section 504 comes from
try to find appropriate content at grade level
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

22. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
not legal
they modify students thought patterns

23. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
ESEA Act
Stanford 9
18

24. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
functional vision assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

25. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
having them practice filing out job applications
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Program first placement second
student to student

26. Name four areas of executive function
articulation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
learned helplessness

27. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the DSM- IV

28. What causes autism?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
duration recording
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
45%

29. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
a hearing aid
21 or younger
1%
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

30. Share the responsibility for the students education
mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
18

31. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
1%
learning disability
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

32. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Fourteen

33. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Hearing impairment
contingency based self - management

34. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Multiple disabilities
compensatory education
learned helplessness

35. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
functional vision assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

36. What are four types of data based decision making?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
21 or younger
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Emotional disturbance

37. What does outer - directedness mean?
an individualized transition plan
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

38. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
yes
mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

39. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
having them practice filing out job applications
visual impairment
an audiometer

40. A remedial approach
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
curriculum based assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

41. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
direct instruction
Deaf - blindness
where Section 504 comes from
1%

42. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
curriculum based assessment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
direct instruction
Program first placement second

43. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
they modify students thought patterns
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
21 or younger
Sixty days

44. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
mental retardation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
zero reject

45. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Program first placement second
negative reinforcement
duration recording
medication and a behavior management intervention

46. 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
contingency based self - management
direct instruction
pervasive developmental disorders
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

47. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
Curriculum based assessment
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

48. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
they modify students thought patterns
Autism
hearing loss that was present at birth
functional vision assessment

49. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
social stories
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

50. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Sixty days
yes
Deaf - blindness
where Section 504 comes from