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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
assistive technology
yes
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

2. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Non - discriminatory assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
executive functioning

3. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that was present at birth

4. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
90%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
assistive technology
Autism

5. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
yes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

6. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
50%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
try to find appropriate content at grade level
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

7. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
social stories
a hearing aid

8. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
two to nine percent
learning disability
an audiometer
early traumatic experiences

9. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
yes
group contingency contracting
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
executive functioning

10. Multiple and severe disabilties
21 or younger
Program first placement second
Specific learning disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

11. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
mental retardation
Learning disabilities
45%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

12. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

13. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
LRE
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

14. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
whole language
two to nine percent
contingency based self - management

15. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
learned helplessness
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
students who are mentally retarded
curriculum based assessment

16. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Emotional disturbance
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
functional skills - social skills - career skills

18. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
try to find appropriate content at grade level
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

19. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
speech or language impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

20. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
an audiometer
Multiple disabilities
contingency based self - management

21. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
10 per 10 - 100 children
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
ecological

22. 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
ecological
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Council for Exceptional Children

23. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Learning disabilities
pervasive developmental disorders

24. What is acquired hearing loss?
executive functioning
group contingency contracting
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss that happened after birth

25. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Larry P vs. Riles
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
early traumatic experiences
speech or language impairment

26. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss that was present at birth
45%

27. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Deaf - blindness
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

28. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Procedural safeguards
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Specific learning disability
where Section 504 comes from

29. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that was present at birth
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Sixty days

30. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
assistive technology
compensatory education

31. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Hearing impairment
group contingency contracting
Curriculum based assessment

32. A remedial approach
ecological
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
they modify students thought patterns

33. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Hearing impairment
How 504 defines a disability
curriculum based assessment
ther health impairments

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
articulation
Orthopedic impairment

35. What are four types of data based decision making?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
pervasive developmental disorders
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

36. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
18
group contingency contracting
Mental retardation

37. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
ther health impairments
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

38. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Sixty days
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
augmentative communciation

39. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
not legal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

40. Name four areas of executive function
mental retardation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
1%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

41. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ther health impairments
pervasive developmental disorders
18

42. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pervasive developmental disorders
having them practice filing out job applications
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

43. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
1%
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

44. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Curriculum based assessment
50%

45. What is CLOZE procedure?
an individualized transition plan
IFSP
a hearing aid
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

46. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
45%
IFSP

47. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
not legal
Traumatic brain injury
negative reinforcement
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

48. 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
Deafness
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
delayed language and echolalia
whole language

49. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
curriculum based assessment
a hearing aid
Non - discriminatory assessment

50. 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
Council for Exceptional Children
social stories
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data