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Praxis Special Ed

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1. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

2. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Hear and understand speech
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

3. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
ecological
Curriculum based assessment
principles of IDEA
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

4. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Multiple disabilities
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

5. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learned helplessness

6. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
group contingency contracting
contingency based self - management
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

7. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

8. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger

9. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
functional vision assessment
articulation
social stories
yes

10. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
General education classrooms
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
21 or younger
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

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

12. 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
Program first placement second
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

13. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
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
Stanford 9
90%
try to find appropriate content at grade level

14. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Curriculum based assessment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
an individualized transition plan

15. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
ESEA Act
where Section 504 comes from
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

16. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Deaf - blindness
ther health impairments
negative reinforcement
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

17. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
learned helplessness
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Autism

18. A remedial approach
an audiometer
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Autism
speech or language impairment

19. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss that happened after birth

20. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Procedural safeguards
Non - discriminatory assessment

21. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

22. Yes
not legal
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
contingency based self - management
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

23. 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
students who are mentally retarded
whole language
visual impairment
Larry P vs. Riles

24. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
delayed language and echolalia
Learning disabilities
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

25. Share the responsibility for the students education
90%
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Mental retardation

26. ADHD criteria is defined by
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
curriculum based assessment
the DSM- IV
mental retardation

27. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deafness
Larry P vs. Riles
Deaf - blindness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

28. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Sixty days
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
50%

29. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
social stories
executive functioning
Deafness

30. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Hear and understand speech
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

31. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

32. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
early traumatic experiences
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
categorical approach
assistive technology
LRE

34. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
two to nine percent
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
they modify students thought patterns
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

35. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
10 per 10 - 100 children
Procedural safeguards
PARC vs. State of Penn

36. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
1%
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Emotional disturbance

37. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
90%
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

38. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Curriculum based assessment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

39. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
mental retardation
Hearing impairment
Sixty days

40. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
curriculum based assessment

41. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
curriculum based assessment
contingency based self - management
not legal
compensatory education

42. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
How 504 defines a disability
speech or language impairment
curriculum based assessment
50%

43. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Non - discriminatory assessment

44. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Deaf - blindness
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
social stories
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

45. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
LRE
learning disability
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

46. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
augmentative communciation

47. What does FVA stand for?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
ESEA Act
Deafness
functional vision assessment

48. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
contingency based self - management
an individualized transition plan
45%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

49. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
10 per 10 - 100 children
Larry P vs. Riles
Orthopedic impairment

50. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
compensatory education
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Traumatic brain injury
inattentive - hyperactive - combination