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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth
life space analysis

2. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Sixty days
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
contingency based self - management
PARC vs. State of Penn

3. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IFSP

4. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
social stories
hearing loss that was present at birth
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

5. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
medication and a behavior management intervention
Autism
duration recording
speech or language impairment

6. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Deaf - blindness
two to nine percent
yes
mental retardation

7. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the Cummins model
Autism

8. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
delayed language and echolalia
having them practice filing out job applications
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

9. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
a hearing aid

10. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
developmental
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Emotional disturbance

11. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Hearing impairment

12. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Program first placement second
45%

13. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hear and understand speech
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

14. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
visual impairment

15. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
10 per 10 - 100 children

16. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Sixty days
developmental
not legal

17. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
Stanford 9
45%
assistive technology

18. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
1%
Fourteen
LRE
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

19. What does FVA stand for?
where Section 504 comes from
Sixty days
functional vision assessment
negative reinforcement

20. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
speech or language impairment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
students who are mentally retarded

21. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
visual impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

22. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
they modify students thought patterns
group contingency contracting
mental retardation

23. Yes
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
10 per 10 - 100 children
where Section 504 comes from

24. 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
categorical approach
group contingency contracting
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
yes

25. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
hearing loss that happened after birth
curriculum based assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
principles of IDEA

26. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
augmentative communciation
yes
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

27. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
How 504 defines a disability

28. Metacognition is connected to
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
an individualized transition plan
developmental
executive functioning

29. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
group contingency contracting
student to student
yes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

30. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
an individualized transition plan
where Section 504 comes from
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

31. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Orthopedic impairment
the Cummins model
augmentative communciation

32. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Orthopedic impairment

33. Mental retardation originates before what age?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Emotional disturbance
18
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

34. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
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
1%
early traumatic experiences

35. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
executive functioning
life space analysis
duration recording
Autism

36. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that was present at birth
pervasive developmental disorders

37. What is conductive hearing loss?
Larry P vs. Riles
Specific learning disability
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

38. 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
PARC vs. State of Penn
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
whole language
learned helplessness

39. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
visual impairment
an audiometer
contingency based self - management

40. Multiple and severe disabilties
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learning disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

41. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Learning disabilities
student to student
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

42. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss that was present at birth
zero reject
Multiple disabilities

43. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Curriculum based assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

44. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
an individualized transition plan
1%
curriculum based assessment

45. 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?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
try to find appropriate content at grade level

46. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Specific learning disability
Fourteen
learning disability
duration recording

47. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Emotional disturbance
18
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

48. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level
principles of IDEA
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

49. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
learned helplessness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Hearing impairment

50. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
zero reject
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind