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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
curriculum based assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

2. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
student to student
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Hearing impairment
delayed language and echolalia

3. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
functional vision assessment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

4. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
learning disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

5. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
Autism
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
90%

6. What are four types of data based decision making?
executive functioning
ESEA Act
no
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

7. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Stanford 9

8. A remedial approach
learning disability
the Cummins model
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

9. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
social stories
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
speech or language impairment
General education classrooms

10. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
45%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

11. A model used with ESL and deaf students
PARC vs. State of Penn
augmentative communciation
the Cummins model
principles of IDEA

12. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
yes
pervasive developmental disorders
18
Deafness

13. Name four areas of executive function
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
speech or language impairment

14. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
a hearing aid
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
General education classrooms
Curriculum based assessment

15. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hearing impairment
contingency based self - management

16. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
developmental

17. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
articulation
How 504 defines a disability
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

18. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
50%
21 or younger
Council for Exceptional Children

19. What does a cochlear implant do?
where Section 504 comes from
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
ther health impairments
life space analysis

20. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Curriculum based assessment
learning disability
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

21. 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
having them practice filing out job applications
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
45%

22. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
they modify students thought patterns
student to student
1%
10 per 10 - 100 children

23. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that was present at birth
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

24. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
45%
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Specific learning disability

25. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mental retardation
learned helplessness
LRE

26. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
LRE
45%
medication and a behavior management intervention

27. What does outer - directedness mean?
developmental
10 per 10 - 100 children
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

28. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
life space analysis
yes
Deaf - blindness
How 504 defines a disability

29. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
yes
Hearing impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

30. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

31. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
1%
student to student
Program first placement second

32. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Council for Exceptional Children
Multiple disabilities
learned helplessness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

33. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
early traumatic experiences
contingency based self - management
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

34. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
contingency based self - management
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

35. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
curriculum based assessment
How 504 defines a disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

36. ADHD criteria is defined by
student to student
the DSM- IV
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Program first placement second

37. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
augmentative communciation
students who are mentally retarded

38. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
Council for Exceptional Children

39. Birthplace of FAPE
an audiometer
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
PARC vs. State of Penn
the Cummins model

40. Specific learning disability
hearing loss that happened after birth
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
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

41. 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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
90%
direct instruction
Stanford 9

42. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
compensatory education
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Fourteen

43. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
no
functional skills - social skills - career skills
ESEA Act

44. What is acquired hearing loss?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
principles of IDEA
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
hearing loss that happened after birth

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
delayed language and echolalia
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

46. Yes
categorical approach
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
curriculum based assessment
an audiometer

47. What is conductive hearing loss?
functional vision assessment
Specific learning disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

48. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
90%
functional skills - social skills - career skills
learning disability

49. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Fourteen
Deaf - blindness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

50. 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
learned helplessness
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
50%
group contingency contracting