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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Birthplace of FAPE
ESEA Act
PARC vs. State of Penn
Deafness
group contingency contracting

2. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
not legal
Council for Exceptional Children
Multiple disabilities

3. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Program first placement second
Specific learning disability
hearing loss that happened after birth

4. 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
Learning disabilities
assistive technology
zero reject
direct instruction

5. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
yes
21 or younger
they modify students thought patterns
mental retardation

6. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
speech or language impairment
yes
articulation

7. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
IFSP
speech or language impairment
Mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

8. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Mental retardation
45%
early traumatic experiences
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

9. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
life space analysis
augmentative communciation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

10. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

11. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Deaf - blindness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
where Section 504 comes from

12. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
18
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Council for Exceptional Children
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

13. 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?
augmentative communciation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
try to find appropriate content at grade level
speech or language impairment

14. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
PARC vs. State of Penn
Hearing impairment
negative reinforcement
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

15. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
ESEA Act
Fourteen

16. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
functional vision assessment
mental retardation
group contingency contracting
IFSP

17. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
visual impairment
pervasive developmental disorders
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
IFSP

18. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
negative reinforcement
Learning disabilities
Orthopedic impairment

19. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Larry P vs. Riles
medication and a behavior management intervention

20. Spina bifida
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
whole language

21. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
18
visual impairment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

22. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
negative reinforcement
no
they modify students thought patterns

23. What does a cochlear implant do?
categorical approach
articulation
direct instruction
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

24. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
student to student
Deafness
medication and a behavior management intervention

25. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Autism
whole language

26. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
How 504 defines a disability
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
learning disability

27. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
not legal
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hear and understand speech

28. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
functional skills - social skills - career skills
compensatory education
Specific learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level

29. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
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
Fourteen
the Cummins model
speech or language impairment

30. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
direct instruction
1%

31. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Multiple disabilities
whole language
learning disability

32. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
IFSP
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
visual impairment
principles of IDEA

33. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
they modify students thought patterns
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
90%

34. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
life space analysis
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss that happened after birth
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

35. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss that happened after birth
no
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

36. What is conductive hearing loss?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

37. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Fourteen
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
learned helplessness

38. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
medication and a behavior management intervention
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
life space analysis

39. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
visual impairment
ESEA Act
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
no

40. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
an audiometer
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
group contingency contracting
discriminatory stimulus

41. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
learned helplessness
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
functional skills - social skills - career skills

42. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
contingency based self - management
Non - discriminatory assessment
21 or younger

43. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
21 or younger

44. 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
whole language
Procedural safeguards
the Cummins model
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

45. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
1%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
18

46. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
direct instruction
50%
speech or language impairment
Procedural safeguards

47. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
General education classrooms
Procedural safeguards
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

48. Share the responsibility for the students education
Orthopedic impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Emotional disturbance

49. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
learned helplessness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
visual impairment
ESEA Act

50. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Autism
Emotional disturbance
assistive technology
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?