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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

2. 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
yes
pervasive developmental disorders
contingency based self - management

3. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
delayed language and echolalia
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
the Cummins model
augmentative communciation

4. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
pervasive developmental disorders
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
principles of IDEA
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

5. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
Council for Exceptional Children
Deaf - blindness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

6. In errorless learning SD stands for?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
discriminatory stimulus
mental retardation
Multiple disabilities

7. Share the responsibility for the students education
they modify students thought patterns
medication and a behavior management intervention
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

8. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
yes
they modify students thought patterns
functional skills - social skills - career skills

9. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
10 per 10 - 100 children
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
mental retardation
ecological

10. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Deaf - blindness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

11. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
ther health impairments
mental retardation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

12. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
group contingency contracting
contingency based self - management
IFSP
Hear and understand speech

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

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14. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
an individualized transition plan
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

15. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
visual impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

16. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
they modify students thought patterns
zero reject
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

17. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Council for Exceptional Children
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

18. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Fourteen
10 per 10 - 100 children
General education classrooms

19. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Autism
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Procedural safeguards

20. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Multiple disabilities
45%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

21. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
an audiometer
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
where Section 504 comes from

23. What does a cochlear implant do?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

24. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
ecological
Council for Exceptional Children
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
compensatory education

25. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
where Section 504 comes from
discriminatory stimulus
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

26. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
articulation
Orthopedic impairment
yes

27. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
the Cummins model
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
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Traumatic brain injury

28. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
developmental
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Sixty days
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

29. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
executive functioning
an audiometer
Fourteen
yes

30. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Deafness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Hear and understand speech

31. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
principles of IDEA
General education classrooms
Non - discriminatory assessment

32. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
having them practice filing out job applications
90%

33. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Learning disabilities
an audiometer

34. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
18
an audiometer
zero reject

35. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
50%

36. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
social stories
Emotional disturbance
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

37. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
an individualized transition plan
functional skills - social skills - career skills
How 504 defines a disability
early traumatic experiences

38. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
the Cummins model
ecological
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

39. What is conductive hearing loss?
Larry P vs. Riles
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Emotional disturbance
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

40. What percent of the population was ADHD?
whole language
two to nine percent
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
social stories

41. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
yes
10 per 10 - 100 children
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

42. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
life space analysis
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

43. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Specific learning disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learning disability

44. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
medication and a behavior management intervention
Learning disabilities

45. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Council for Exceptional Children
Hear and understand speech
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
curriculum based assessment

46. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Learning disabilities
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Non - discriminatory assessment

47. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
discriminatory stimulus
they modify students thought patterns
Orthopedic impairment
1%

48. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
functional vision assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention
principles of IDEA
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

49. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
student to student
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pervasive developmental disorders
Traumatic brain injury

50. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Stanford 9
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a hearing aid