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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Share the responsibility for the students education
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
categorical approach
compensatory education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

2. Multiple and severe disabilties
LRE
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
developmental

3. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Mental retardation

4. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
assistive technology
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

5. Specific learning disability
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
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
Program first placement second

6. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
group contingency contracting
an audiometer
early traumatic experiences
ther health impairments

7. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
hearing loss that was present at birth
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Deafness

8. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
learning disability
mental retardation
contingency based self - management
speech or language impairment

9. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
categorical approach
Orthopedic impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

10. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Program first placement second
categorical approach
the Cummins model

11. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
social stories
Curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
augmentative communciation

12. What does adaptive behavior mean?
two to nine percent
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
students who are mentally retarded

13. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Specific learning disability
mental retardation
articulation
contingency based self - management

14. What does outer - directedness mean?
direct instruction
yes
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Larry P vs. Riles

15. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
hearing loss that happened after birth
students who are mentally retarded
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Fourteen

16. Name four areas of executive function
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Specific learning disability
students who are mentally retarded

17. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IFSP
learned helplessness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

18. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
hearing loss that happened after birth
mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability
an individualized transition plan

19. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
they modify students thought patterns
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

20. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Deaf - blindness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
90%
Curriculum based assessment

21. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
curriculum based assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Emotional disturbance
visual impairment

22. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
group contingency contracting

23. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
an audiometer
1%
whole language

24. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
1%
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

25. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
social stories
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Traumatic brain injury

26. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
LRE

27. Birthplace of FAPE
executive functioning
PARC vs. State of Penn
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Learning disabilities

28. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

29. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
90%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

30. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment
speech or language impairment

31. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
they modify students thought patterns
augmentative communciation
PARC vs. State of Penn

32. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
categorical approach

33. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
an audiometer
discriminatory stimulus

34. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
an audiometer
Hear and understand speech
Hearing impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

35. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
ecological
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Procedural safeguards

36. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Hearing impairment
categorical approach
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
social stories

37. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Program first placement second
articulation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
duration recording

38. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
not legal
hearing loss that happened after birth
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

39. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Sixty days
yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. 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
Deaf - blindness
whole language
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

41. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
zero reject
the Cummins model
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

42. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia
Deaf - blindness
an audiometer
90%

43. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Council for Exceptional Children
45%
Sixty days

44. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

45. What is conductive hearing loss?
Multiple disabilities
where Section 504 comes from
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

46. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
1%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes

47. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Learning disabilities
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
principles of IDEA
PARC vs. State of Penn

48. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
developmental
Fourteen
Autism
students who are mentally retarded

49. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
45%
mental retardation

50. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period