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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
45%
an audiometer
Larry P vs. Riles
no

2. What does outer - directedness mean?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
General education classrooms
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

3. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
executive functioning
yes
45%
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

4. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

5. Specific learning disability
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
where Section 504 comes from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
delayed language and echolalia

6. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
mental retardation
21 or younger
social stories

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

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8. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
hearing loss that was present at birth
principles of IDEA
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

9. 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
developmental
articulation
the DSM- IV

10. Share the responsibility for the students education
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Specific learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

11. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Emotional disturbance
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Autism
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

12. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
Stanford 9
pervasive developmental disorders
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

13. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Council for Exceptional Children
45%
speech or language impairment
Hearing impairment

14. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
augmentative communciation
whole language
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Curriculum based assessment

15. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
developmental
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

16. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
no
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
early traumatic experiences

17. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Curriculum based assessment
Emotional disturbance
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

18. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Orthopedic impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
an audiometer
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

19. What is the prevalence of autism?
the Cummins model
direct instruction
10 per 10 - 100 children
Fourteen

20. What does FVA stand for?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders

21. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
articulation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Program first placement second

22. A remedial approach
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

23. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
21 or younger
compensatory education

24. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
duration recording
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Non - discriminatory assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
Multiple disabilities

26. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Procedural safeguards
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

27. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mental retardation

28. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
ESEA Act
Fourteen
assistive technology

29. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
life space analysis
1%
Fourteen
LRE

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
an individualized transition plan
Hearing impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
zero reject

31. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
two to nine percent
ecological
speech or language impairment
1%

32. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
21 or younger
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

33. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Larry P vs. Riles
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

34. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
10 per 10 - 100 children
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Mental retardation

35. 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
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
student to student
ecological
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

36. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
yes
IFSP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

37. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
visual impairment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss that was present at birth

38. What are four types of data based decision making?
Curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the Cummins model

39. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Fourteen
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
21 or younger

40. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
Deaf - blindness
students who are mentally retarded
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

41. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
pervasive developmental disorders
Hearing impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hear and understand speech

42. 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?
yes
try to find appropriate content at grade level
delayed language and echolalia
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

43. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
executive functioning
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Deaf - blindness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

44. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
mental retardation
45%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

45. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
discriminatory stimulus
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

46. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Multiple disabilities
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

47. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
compensatory education
Multiple disabilities
Specific learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

48. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
whole language
Larry P vs. Riles
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan

49. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

50. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
45%
not legal