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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Metacognition is connected to
try to find appropriate content at grade level
executive functioning
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
90%

2. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
principles of IDEA
yes

3. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
yes
ther health impairments

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

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5. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
learned helplessness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

6. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
yes
a hearing aid
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IFSP

7. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
life space analysis
hearing loss that happened after birth
medication and a behavior management intervention

8. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deaf - blindness

9. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
yes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
yes

10. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
50%
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

11. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Larry P vs. Riles

12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example 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
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation
Specific learning disability

13. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Learning disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

14. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment

15. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
yes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

16. What does adaptive behavior mean?
not legal
Larry P vs. Riles
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
try to find appropriate content at grade level

17. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
Fourteen
Multiple disabilities
1%

18. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Traumatic brain injury
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
IFSP
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

19. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
ther health impairments
an audiometer
45%
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

20. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
whole language
1%
an individualized transition plan
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

21. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
visual impairment
IFSP
early traumatic experiences

23. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
1%
functional skills - social skills - career skills
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
General education classrooms

24. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Hear and understand speech
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Mental retardation
Learning disabilities

25. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
LRE
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

26. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
45%
assistive technology
functional skills - social skills - career skills
principles of IDEA

27. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Specific learning disability
mental retardation
Learning disabilities

28. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
delayed language and echolalia
zero reject

29. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
where Section 504 comes from
Multiple disabilities
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

30. What does FVA stand for?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that was present at birth
functional vision assessment
Non - discriminatory assessment

31. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

32. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
social stories
duration recording
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
students who are mentally retarded

33. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
learning disability
Learning 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
10 per 10 - 100 children

34. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
student to student
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
compensatory education

35. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
whole language
mental retardation
contingency based self - management
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

36. 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?
Hearing impairment
Curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
try to find appropriate content at grade level

37. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Hear and understand speech
mental retardation
Deafness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

38. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Program first placement second
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

39. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
LRE

40. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
no

41. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Deafness

42. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

43. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
yes
Larry P vs. Riles
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

44. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
discriminatory stimulus

45. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
contingency based self - management
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
90%
ther health impairments

46. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
ecological
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
categorical approach

47. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Learning disabilities
Autism
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

48. What causes autism?
Procedural safeguards
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
10 per 10 - 100 children
Hearing impairment

49. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Council for Exceptional Children
having them practice filing out job applications

50. What is the prevalence of autism?
21 or younger
10 per 10 - 100 children
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word