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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Mental retardation
learned helplessness
yes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

2. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that was present at birth
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

3. 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?
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
try to find appropriate content at grade level
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

4. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
PARC vs. State of Penn
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

5. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
where Section 504 comes from
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

6. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
delayed language and echolalia
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Non - discriminatory assessment
Hear and understand speech

7. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Autism
negative reinforcement

8. Multiple and severe disabilties
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hear and understand speech
Autism

9. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
student to student
General education classrooms
early traumatic experiences
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

10. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
90%
an audiometer
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
categorical approach

11. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
whole language
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

12. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
1%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
compensatory education

13. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that was present at birth
early traumatic experiences
no

14. Birthplace of FAPE
early traumatic experiences
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
PARC vs. State of Penn
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

15. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
50%
articulation
the DSM- IV

16. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
discriminatory stimulus
assistive technology
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

17. Metacognition is connected to
articulation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

18. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
compensatory education
categorical approach

19. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
student to student
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

20. 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
Stanford 9
Council for Exceptional Children

21. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
whole language
they modify students thought patterns
Procedural safeguards

22. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Sixty days
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ESEA Act
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

23. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

24. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
life space analysis
IFSP
augmentative communciation
Orthopedic impairment

25. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hearing impairment
Learning disabilities

26. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Multiple disabilities
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
having them practice filing out job applications
Orthopedic impairment

27. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

28. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
the Cummins model
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

29. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
social stories
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

30. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Deaf - blindness

31. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
IFSP
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

32. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
medication and a behavior management intervention
Program first placement second
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

33. Share the responsibility for the students education
a hearing aid
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Procedural safeguards

34. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Emotional disturbance
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
How 504 defines a disability

35. Specific learning disability
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
yes
Non - discriminatory assessment
executive functioning

36. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
a hearing aid
LRE
categorical approach
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

37. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Orthopedic impairment
assistive technology
PARC vs. State of Penn

38. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
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 vision loss after a person had normal vision
compensatory education
General education classrooms

39. Mental retardation originates before what age?
ESEA Act
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
18
Program first placement second

40. What does outer - directedness mean?
categorical approach
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
ESEA Act

41. What does a cochlear implant do?
hearing loss that was present at birth
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Council for Exceptional Children

42. What does adaptive behavior mean?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
whole language
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

43. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
Orthopedic impairment
Specific learning disability
having them practice filing out job applications

44. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Curriculum based assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hearing impairment

45. Yes
Deafness
compensatory education
executive functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

46. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
augmentative communciation
Program first placement second
Autism

47. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
Stanford 9
Multiple disabilities
curriculum based assessment

48. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
direct instruction
Procedural safeguards

49. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hear and understand speech
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Curriculum based assessment

50. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Procedural safeguards
an individualized transition plan