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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Share the responsibility for the students education
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Traumatic brain injury
zero reject

2. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
pervasive developmental disorders
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

3. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus
the Cummins model
LRE

4. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Fourteen
negative reinforcement
mental retardation
an individualized transition plan

5. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
visual impairment
whole language
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

6. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
direct instruction
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

7. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
group contingency contracting
developmental
Hear and understand speech

8. Birthplace of FAPE
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
life space analysis
Stanford 9
PARC vs. State of Penn

9. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
categorical approach
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
group contingency contracting

10. A remedial approach
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
an audiometer

11. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
augmentative communciation

12. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
10 per 10 - 100 children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
mental retardation

13. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
contingency based self - management
not legal

14. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
whole language
direct instruction
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

15. 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 was present at birth
zero reject
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
the Cummins model

16. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
two to nine percent
Program first placement second
Curriculum based assessment
IFSP

17. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
two to nine percent
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
PARC vs. State of Penn
articulation

18. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Multiple disabilities
whole language
functional skills - social skills - career skills
executive functioning

19. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
executive functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

20. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
zero reject
early traumatic experiences
augmentative communciation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

21. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
social stories
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
zero reject

22. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
PARC vs. State of Penn
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

23. What does a cochlear implant do?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
try to find appropriate content at grade level
student to student
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

24. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Learning disabilities
speech or language impairment
duration recording
yes

25. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Orthopedic impairment
Autism
learning disability
learned helplessness

26. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
categorical approach
principles of IDEA
two to nine percent
mental retardation

27. Metacognition is connected to
Multiple disabilities
learning disability
executive functioning
Specific learning disability

28. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
categorical approach
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Deafness

29. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

30. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
yes
hearing loss that was present at birth
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
early traumatic experiences

31. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
social stories
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

32. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
having them practice filing out job applications
functional vision assessment
Stanford 9
where Section 504 comes from

33. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Curriculum based assessment
students who are mentally retarded

34. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
90%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

35. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
1%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

36. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Fourteen

37. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

38. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

39. 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
student to student
Fourteen
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

40. What are four types of data based decision making?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
students who are mentally retarded

41. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Emotional disturbance
Deafness

42. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Learning disabilities
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
curriculum based assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

43. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
compensatory education
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
IFSP
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

44. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
group contingency contracting
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
speech or language impairment
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. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
ther health impairments
mental retardation
90%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

46. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
where Section 504 comes from
no
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth

47. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
yes

48. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
visual impairment
early traumatic experiences
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Curriculum based assessment

49. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Curriculum based assessment
ther health impairments
Procedural safeguards
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

50. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Program first placement second
Non - discriminatory assessment