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Praxis Special Ed

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1. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
speech or language impairment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

2. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
no
21 or younger
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

3. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learning disability
Deaf - blindness
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

4. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
10 per 10 - 100 children
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Emotional disturbance

5. What are four types of data based decision making?
learning disability
whole language
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
yes

6. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
negative reinforcement
mental retardation
the Cummins model

7. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
IFSP
hearing loss that was present at birth
two to nine percent
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

8. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an individualized transition plan
having them practice filing out job applications
life space analysis

9. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
functional skills - social skills - career skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Non - discriminatory assessment

10. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
21 or younger
mental retardation
General education classrooms

11. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
where Section 504 comes from
functional vision assessment

12. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
ESEA Act
curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

13. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
yes
Larry P vs. Riles
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

14. Yes
executive functioning
assistive technology
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

15. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Procedural safeguards
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

16. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
PARC vs. State of Penn
Sixty days
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
compensatory education

17. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
an individualized transition plan
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
LRE

18. A remedial approach
Sixty days
PARC vs. State of Penn
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

19. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
developmental
90%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
executive functioning

20. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Curriculum based assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation

21. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
visual impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
curriculum based assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

22. 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
two to nine percent
mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

23. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
hearing loss that was present at birth
Council for Exceptional Children
visual impairment
group contingency contracting

24. 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
direct instruction
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
zero reject

25. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
50%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

26. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
ESEA Act
student to student
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

27. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
an individualized transition plan
categorical approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

28. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Stanford 9
not legal
yes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

29. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
the DSM- IV
Stanford 9
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

30. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Learning disabilities
having them practice filing out job applications
mental retardation

31. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
18
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

32. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
assistive technology
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
they modify students thought patterns

33. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
yes
having them practice filing out job applications

34. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional vision assessment
How 504 defines a disability
Procedural safeguards

35. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
delayed language and echolalia
two to nine percent
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

36. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Non - discriminatory assessment

37. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Hearing impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
discriminatory stimulus
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

38. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
ther health impairments
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
a hearing aid

39. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
90%

40. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
the DSM- IV
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
executive functioning

41. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
yes
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
augmentative communciation
principles of IDEA

42. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
duration recording
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

43. ADHD criteria is defined by
ther health impairments
the DSM- IV
duration recording
no

44. 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?
not legal
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
try to find appropriate content at grade level
General education classrooms

45. What does FVA stand for?
an individualized transition plan
direct instruction
functional vision assessment
executive functioning

46. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that happened after birth
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
social stories

47. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

48. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that happened after birth

49. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Deafness
students who are mentally retarded
speech or language impairment

50. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
45%