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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 504
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
articulation

2. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
Stanford 9
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
negative reinforcement

3. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
18
Deaf - blindness

4. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss that was present at birth
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

5. In errorless learning SD stands for?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
discriminatory stimulus
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss that happened after birth

6. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
10 per 10 - 100 children
yes

7. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
1%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
General education classrooms
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

8. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
augmentative communciation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Stanford 9
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

9. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
categorical approach
How 504 defines a disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

10. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
assistive technology
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
contingency based self - management
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

11. 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
Sixty days
Curriculum based assessment
Non - discriminatory assessment

12. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
50%
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention

13. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
whole language
learned helplessness
augmentative communciation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

14. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
an audiometer
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
50%

15. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
curriculum based assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
student to student

16. 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
not legal
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
direct instruction
Hear and understand speech

17. Spina bifida
direct instruction
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger

18. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
group contingency contracting
Deaf - blindness

19. What does FVA stand for?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deaf - blindness
Orthopedic impairment
functional vision assessment

20. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
life space analysis
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

21. A model used with ESL and deaf students
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
the Cummins model
How 504 defines a disability
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

22. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
whole language
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Program first placement second

23. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
LRE
no
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
categorical approach

24. 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
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
an individualized transition plan

25. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
where Section 504 comes from
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

26. 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
Multiple disabilities
Hear and understand speech
whole language
zero reject

27. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
zero reject
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

28. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
duration recording
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Hearing impairment

29. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
negative reinforcement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
medication and a behavior management intervention
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

30. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
21 or younger
Council for Exceptional Children
50%

31. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
no
contingency based self - management
90%

32. Share the responsibility for the students education
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
student to student

33. Yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
contingency based self - management
student to student

34. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
General education classrooms
Non - discriminatory assessment
social stories
18

35. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Specific learning disability
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Procedural safeguards
50%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

37. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
two to nine percent
Sixty days
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
How 504 defines a disability

38. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
the Cummins model
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Deafness

39. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
duration recording
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
yes

40. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
mental retardation

41. ADHD criteria is defined by
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Emotional disturbance
functional vision assessment
the DSM- IV

42. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a 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
group contingency contracting
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

43. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
direct instruction

44. Name four areas of executive function
discriminatory stimulus
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

45. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
compensatory education

46. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

47. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
augmentative communciation
Hear and understand speech
Larry P vs. Riles

48. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
curriculum based assessment
social stories
they modify students thought patterns

49. A remedial approach
Stanford 9
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
General education classrooms
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

50. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an individualized transition plan
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors