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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What does a cochlear implant do?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
group contingency contracting
early traumatic experiences

2. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Specific learning disability
an audiometer
yes

3. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
having them practice filing out job applications
articulation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

4. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Fourteen
learning disability
learned helplessness

5. What are four types of data based decision making?
Emotional disturbance
discriminatory stimulus
executive functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

6. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
90%
principles of IDEA
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
ESEA Act

7. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
IFSP
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

8. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
they modify students thought patterns
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

9. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
learned helplessness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Larry P vs. Riles

10. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Orthopedic impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

11. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
where Section 504 comes from
yes
functional skills - social skills - career skills

12. 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
PARC vs. State of Penn
Learning disabilities
assistive technology
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

13. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pervasive developmental disorders
Larry P vs. Riles
Hearing impairment

14. What does outer - directedness mean?
Specific learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
learned helplessness
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

15. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
50%
Program first placement second
functional vision assessment

16. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
negative reinforcement
zero reject

17. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
Deafness
the DSM- IV
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

18. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
principles of IDEA
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

19. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Deafness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
duration recording

20. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
ESEA Act
assistive technology
Traumatic brain injury
student to student

21. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the Cummins model
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

22. ADHD criteria is defined by
General education classrooms
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that happened after birth
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

23. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
articulation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

24. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
LRE
an individualized transition plan

25. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
early traumatic experiences

26. Spina bifida
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
student to student
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

27. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Orthopedic impairment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

28. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
LRE
Specific learning disability
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

29. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Hearing impairment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
discriminatory stimulus

30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
augmentative communciation
students who are mentally retarded
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

31. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
speech or language impairment
medication and a behavior management intervention
Learning disabilities

32. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

33. Birthplace of FAPE
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Emotional disturbance
PARC vs. State of Penn
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

34. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Larry P vs. Riles
students who are mentally retarded
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

35. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Stanford 9
contingency based self - management
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Non - discriminatory assessment

36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
contingency based self - management
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
learning disability

37. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
functional vision assessment
the Cummins model
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

38. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
yes
pervasive developmental disorders
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

39. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
student to student
contingency based self - management
Hear and understand speech

40. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
student to student
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
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

41. 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
an individualized transition plan
whole language
Hear and understand speech

42. 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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
direct instruction

43. 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
1%
learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

44. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
compensatory education
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Deafness

45. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Fourteen
the DSM- IV

46. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
an audiometer
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learning disability

47. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes
an audiometer
45%

48. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
yes
developmental
learned helplessness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

49. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Procedural safeguards
functional skills - social skills - career skills
How 504 defines a disability

50. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
functional vision assessment
group contingency contracting
curriculum based assessment