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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
direct instruction
mental retardation
categorical approach

2. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
student to student
PARC vs. State of Penn
Deafness

3. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
no
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Cummins model
Stanford 9

4. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
How 504 defines a disability
a hearing aid
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

5. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

6. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an audiometer
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

7. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
executive functioning
IFSP
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

8. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
where Section 504 comes from
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Autism
categorical approach

9. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IFSP
augmentative communciation
Orthopedic impairment

10. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
45%
learned helplessness
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

11. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
mental retardation
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
articulation
ESEA Act

12. What is acquired hearing loss?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
developmental
hearing loss that happened after birth
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

13. Specific learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
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
yes
How 504 defines a disability

14. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
18
where Section 504 comes from
try to find appropriate content at grade level
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

15. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Council for Exceptional Children
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

16. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Non - discriminatory assessment
functional vision assessment
Deafness
IFSP

17. A remedial approach
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

18. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
speech or language impairment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

19. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
zero reject
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

20. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
an individualized transition plan
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

21. Spina bifida
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
early traumatic experiences
social stories

22. 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
categorical approach
an audiometer
whole language
group contingency contracting

23. 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?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
life space analysis
try to find appropriate content at grade level
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

24. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
articulation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

25. ADHD criteria is defined by
duration recording
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
the DSM- IV
Emotional disturbance

26. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
21 or younger
student to student
90%

27. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
How 504 defines a disability
21 or younger
having them practice filing out job applications
mental retardation

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
whole language
Autism
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
functional vision assessment

29. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
two to nine percent

30. What does outer - directedness mean?
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

31. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
executive functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
learning disability

32. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
articulation
Hearing impairment
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

33. 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
life space analysis
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
zero reject
developmental

34. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Learning disabilities
not legal

35. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
they modify students thought patterns
45%
having them practice filing out job applications
Program first placement second

36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Emotional disturbance

37. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
developmental
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
duration recording
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

38. 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
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
assistive technology
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

39. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
direct instruction
social stories
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Procedural safeguards

40. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
learning disability
curriculum based assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

41. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
delayed language and echolalia
yes
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

42. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
they modify students thought patterns
assistive technology
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

43. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
the Cummins model
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

44. What does FVA stand for?
compensatory education
Deaf - blindness
functional vision assessment
ther health impairments

45. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
assistive technology
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Larry P vs. Riles
How 504 defines a disability

46. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
negative reinforcement
Multiple disabilities
curriculum based assessment
duration recording

47. Share the responsibility for the students education
Procedural safeguards
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Sixty days
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

48. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
they modify students thought patterns
10 per 10 - 100 children

49. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Sixty days
Hearing impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
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

50. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
functional vision assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior