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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
early traumatic experiences
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

2. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
1%
yes
Deafness

3. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
two to nine percent
visual impairment

4. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Stanford 9

5. What is CLOZE procedure?
LRE
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
ESEA Act
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

6. 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
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
developmental

7. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
zero reject
students who are mentally retarded
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
social stories

8. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
10 per 10 - 100 children
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

9. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Curriculum based assessment

10. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
21 or younger
speech or language impairment
they modify students thought patterns
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

11. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that happened after birth
developmental
life space analysis

12. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
no
LRE

13. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
compensatory education
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

14. 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
21 or younger
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
assistive technology
they modify students thought patterns

15. What are four types of data based decision making?
speech or language impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

16. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the DSM- IV
students who are mentally retarded
ESEA Act

17. What does outer - directedness mean?
General education classrooms
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
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

18. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
speech or language impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Mental retardation
18

19. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
not legal
Emotional disturbance
an individualized transition plan

20. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
duration recording

21. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

22. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Non - discriminatory assessment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

23. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
where Section 504 comes from
Curriculum based assessment
a hearing aid
Traumatic brain injury

24. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

25. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Sixty days
executive functioning
mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills

26. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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27. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
no
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that was present at birth
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders
Autism

29. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Mental retardation
ESEA Act
articulation
they modify students thought patterns

30. 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 caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
augmentative communciation
zero reject

31. What is acquired hearing loss?
students who are mentally retarded
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that happened after birth

32. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
principles of IDEA
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Traumatic brain injury

33. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
50%
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
early traumatic experiences

34. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
the DSM- IV
Council for Exceptional Children
Non - discriminatory assessment

35. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Sixty days
principles of IDEA

36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
assistive technology
Stanford 9
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Curriculum based assessment

37. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
How 504 defines a disability
yes
Fourteen

38. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Program first placement second

39. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
social stories
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

40. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
functional vision assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

41. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
an audiometer
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
speech or language impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

42. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
10 per 10 - 100 children
Multiple disabilities
two to nine percent
mental retardation

43. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

44. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
the Cummins model
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Specific learning disability
having them practice filing out job applications

45. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
principles of IDEA
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
articulation

46. 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
duration recording
group contingency contracting
an individualized transition plan
Hearing impairment

47. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
students who are mentally retarded
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Sixty days
social stories

48. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
categorical approach
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

49. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
18
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
assistive technology

50. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
speech or language impairment
executive functioning