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Praxis Special Ed

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1. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Learning disabilities
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

2. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ecological
Hearing impairment
curriculum based assessment

3. Mental retardation originates before what age?
speech or language impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Program first placement second
18

4. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes
LRE
discriminatory stimulus

5. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
student to student

6. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
duration recording
negative reinforcement

7. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Curriculum based assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

8. 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
Program first placement second
yes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

9. 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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Procedural safeguards
ecological
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

10. What are four types of data based decision making?
duration recording
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
categorical approach

11. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
ESEA Act
yes
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
mental retardation

12. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
augmentative communciation
yes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
a hearing aid

13. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
augmentative communciation
Hear and understand speech

14. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
duration recording
21 or younger
Hearing impairment

15. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Multiple disabilities
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
two to nine percent

16. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
categorical approach
they modify students thought patterns
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

17. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
yes
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

18. A model used with ESL and deaf students
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
the Cummins model
Traumatic brain injury

19. What does outer - directedness mean?
student to student
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
a hearing aid

20. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
developmental

21. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Orthopedic impairment
negative reinforcement

22. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
curriculum based assessment
Autism
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

23. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
speech or language impairment
a hearing aid
Non - discriminatory assessment

24. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
50%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

25. 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
a hearing aid
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
two to nine percent

26. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
IFSP
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
articulation
principles of IDEA

27. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Learning disabilities
Traumatic brain injury
not legal

28. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
a hearing aid
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
they modify students thought patterns

29. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
two to nine percent
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
categorical approach
student to student

30. A remedial approach
Sixty days
Non - discriminatory assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment

31. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
How 504 defines a disability
visual impairment
Specific learning disability
articulation

32. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
contingency based self - management
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

33. A teacher who sets clear and explicit goals for each lesson - presents a logical sequence of tasks - gives clear directions on how to do eacht ask - engages the student in guided practice - asks frequent questions - gives feedback - and does not move
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
try to find appropriate content at grade level
direct instruction

34. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
social stories

35. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Specific learning disability
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

36. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Multiple disabilities
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
functional vision assessment
visual impairment

37. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
18
group contingency contracting
not legal
PARC vs. State of Penn

38. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Specific learning disability
a hearing aid
Stanford 9
Multiple disabilities

39. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a hearing aid
direct instruction
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

40. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
General education classrooms
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

41. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
delayed language and echolalia
group contingency contracting

42. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

43. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
1%
Curriculum based assessment
student to student
the Cummins model

44. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
contingency based self - management
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
21 or younger
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

45. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
no
Larry P vs. Riles
social stories
group contingency contracting

46. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
10 per 10 - 100 children
Deaf - blindness
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

47. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
discriminatory stimulus
Specific learning disability
zero reject

48. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
discriminatory stimulus
45%

49. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
yes
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Mental retardation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

50. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
categorical approach
two to nine percent
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide