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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Deaf - blindness
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

2. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
zero reject
pervasive developmental disorders
early traumatic experiences
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

3. Name four areas of executive function
General education classrooms
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
negative reinforcement
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

4. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
pervasive developmental disorders
medication and a behavior management intervention
LRE
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

5. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
functional vision assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
yes
Specific learning disability

6. Multiple and severe disabilties
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
an individualized transition plan
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

7. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
LRE
augmentative communciation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

8. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Traumatic brain injury
the DSM- IV
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
duration recording

9. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
curriculum based assessment
General education classrooms
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

10. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
students who are mentally retarded
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
developmental
ESEA Act

11. In errorless learning SD stands for?
yes
discriminatory stimulus
Program first placement second
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

12. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
LRE
social stories
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

13. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
yes
direct instruction
Fourteen

14. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

15. What does a cochlear implant do?
General education classrooms
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
functional vision assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

16. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
yes
Deaf - blindness
an audiometer
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

17. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
the DSM- IV
Traumatic brain injury
assistive technology

18. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Hear and understand speech
discriminatory stimulus
General education classrooms

19. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
visual impairment
yes
Deafness

20. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
ther health impairments
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
categorical approach

21. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
yes
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

22. Mental retardation originates before what age?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
18
Fourteen
1%

23. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss that was present at birth

24. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
delayed language and echolalia
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
not legal

25. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
augmentative communciation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
not legal

26. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
yes
medication and a behavior management intervention
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

27. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
an individualized transition plan
Procedural safeguards
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

28. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
18
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
group contingency contracting
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

29. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
they modify students thought patterns
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Stanford 9

30. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
social stories
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
yes

31. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
developmental
zero reject
early traumatic experiences
pervasive developmental disorders

32. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
Mental retardation
Curriculum based assessment
Sixty days

33. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
LRE

34. 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
Stanford 9
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
ecological
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

35. Birthplace of FAPE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who are mentally retarded
PARC vs. State of Penn
try to find appropriate content at grade level

36. 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
discriminatory stimulus
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

37. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
learning disability
principles of IDEA
where Section 504 comes from
executive functioning

38. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mental retardation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

39. What is CLOZE procedure?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

40. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
negative reinforcement

41. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
How 504 defines a disability
Autism
IFSP

42. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
contingency based self - management
student to student
Non - discriminatory assessment
the DSM- IV

43. A remedial approach
functional skills - social skills - career skills
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
developmental
Specific learning disability

44. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
10 per 10 - 100 children
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
no

45. What does adaptive behavior mean?
speech or language impairment
executive functioning
curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

46. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
articulation

47. What is conductive hearing loss?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
contingency based self - management
having them practice filing out job applications

48. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
functional skills - social skills - career skills
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
direct instruction

49. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
Orthopedic impairment
student to student
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

50. Spina bifida
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
developmental
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes