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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

2. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
an audiometer
Non - discriminatory assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

3. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
18
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
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

4. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education
Hearing impairment
augmentative communciation

5. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
the DSM- IV
Mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia
augmentative communciation

6. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
curriculum based assessment
mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level

7. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
early traumatic experiences
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

8. What percent of the population was ADHD?
yes
functional skills - social skills - career skills
45%
two to nine percent

9. ADHD criteria is defined by
Procedural safeguards
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the DSM- IV
mental retardation

10. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Larry P vs. Riles
ther health impairments
LRE
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

11. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Orthopedic impairment
where Section 504 comes from
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

12. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
ther health impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Hear and understand speech
PARC vs. State of Penn

13. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
articulation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

14. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
50%
visual impairment
Curriculum based assessment

15. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
discriminatory stimulus
90%
Multiple disabilities

16. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
hearing loss that happened after birth
two to nine percent
compensatory education
ecological

17. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
learning disability
they modify students thought patterns

18. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
augmentative communciation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
yes
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

19. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children
PARC vs. State of Penn

20. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
discriminatory stimulus
learning disability

21. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
pervasive developmental disorders
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
whole language
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

22. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
they modify students thought patterns

23. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
the Cummins model
How 504 defines a disability
an audiometer
curriculum based assessment

24. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
two to nine percent
functional vision assessment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
articulation

25. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
compensatory education
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
life space analysis

26. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
yes
How 504 defines a disability

27. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
How 504 defines a disability
Traumatic brain injury
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

28. 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
Specific learning disability
contingency based self - management
10 per 10 - 100 children
group contingency contracting

29. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
speech or language impairment
the Cummins model
yes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

30. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Deafness
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

31. 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
they modify students thought patterns
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
assistive technology
an audiometer

32. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
ther health impairments
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
10 per 10 - 100 children
the Cummins model
social stories
Non - discriminatory assessment

34. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Deafness
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

35. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
medication and a behavior management intervention
90%
How 504 defines a disability
Hear and understand speech

36. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Orthopedic impairment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
no

37. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
compensatory education
General education classrooms
ther health impairments

38. What is conductive hearing loss?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Sixty days
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

39. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
duration recording
they modify students thought patterns
augmentative communciation
where Section 504 comes from

40. What does a cochlear implant do?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Specific learning disability
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

41. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Learning disabilities
direct instruction
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

42. 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
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
no

43. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
developmental
mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

44. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Deafness
yes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
not legal

45. 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
Learning disabilities
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
whole language
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

46. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
pervasive developmental disorders
Fourteen
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
an audiometer

47. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
a hearing aid
Sixty days
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

48. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
ESEA Act
students who are mentally retarded
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

49. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
the Cummins model
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth

50. Metacognition is connected to
1%
executive functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
curriculum based assessment