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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 504
mental retardation
18
zero reject
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

2. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Emotional disturbance
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

3. Multiple and severe disabilties
where Section 504 comes from
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
direct instruction

4. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
the Cummins model
life space analysis
learning disability
Autism

5. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
a hearing aid
90%

6. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Fourteen
compensatory education
mental retardation

7. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Procedural safeguards
Mental retardation
1%

8. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
45%
having them practice filing out job applications
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

9. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learned helplessness

10. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
principles of IDEA
contingency based self - management

11. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
principles of IDEA
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
curriculum based assessment

12. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

13. What does a cochlear implant do?
Emotional disturbance
pervasive developmental disorders
PARC vs. State of Penn
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

14. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
categorical approach
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
student to student
articulation

15. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
18
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
90%

16. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
IFSP
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Sixty days

17. Metacognition is connected to
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
executive functioning
visual impairment
yes

18. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
yes
1%
having them practice filing out job applications
10 per 10 - 100 children

19. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
delayed language and echolalia
Program first placement second
Stanford 9

20. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
students who are mentally retarded
functional vision assessment
no

21. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ESEA Act

22. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
visual impairment
duration recording
mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

23. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
hearing loss that was present at birth
early traumatic experiences
Program first placement second

24. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
negative reinforcement
45%
not legal
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

25. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
having them practice filing out job applications
Program first placement second
two to nine percent
IFSP

26. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
not legal
zero reject
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

27. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Larry P vs. Riles
IFSP
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

28. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
functional vision assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
45%
Hearing impairment

29. Name four areas of executive function
Specific learning disability
pervasive developmental disorders
Hear and understand speech
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

30. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
direct instruction
Orthopedic impairment
Sixty days
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

31. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
an individualized transition plan
direct instruction
they modify students thought patterns
two to nine percent

32. 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
Procedural safeguards
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
student to student

33. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
an individualized transition plan
General education classrooms

34. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

35. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

36. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
50%
delayed language and echolalia
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
PARC vs. State of Penn

37. 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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
mental retardation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

38. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
ESEA Act
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

39. A model used with ESL and deaf students
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
the Cummins model
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

40. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Specific learning disability
not legal
Orthopedic impairment
Stanford 9

41. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
contingency based self - management

42. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
student to student
Stanford 9
General education classrooms
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

43. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Fourteen
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
the Cummins model
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

44. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
social stories
General education classrooms
learning disability

45. 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
group contingency contracting
assistive technology
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
learning disability
medication and a behavior management intervention
categorical approach

47. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Stanford 9
90%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
augmentative communciation

48. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

49. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Curriculum based assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

50. What causes autism?
ther health impairments
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
CCTV - optical scanner - computers