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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss that happened after birth

2. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
direct instruction
Larry P vs. Riles

3. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Deaf - blindness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
executive functioning

4. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
group contingency contracting
developmental
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Emotional disturbance

5. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
21 or younger
Deafness

6. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Multiple disabilities
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Curriculum based assessment
Procedural safeguards

7. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
the DSM- IV
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hearing impairment

8. What does FVA stand for?
yes
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
visual impairment
functional vision assessment

9. 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
whole language
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
mental retardation

10. What causes autism?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that happened after birth

11. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the DSM- IV
Curriculum based assessment

12. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
articulation
augmentative communciation
Sixty days
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

13. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
whole language
they modify students thought patterns

14. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Deaf - blindness
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
45%

15. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn
categorical approach

16. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
IFSP
Stanford 9
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

17. ADHD criteria is defined by
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the DSM- IV
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

18. 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
the Cummins model
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
direct instruction

19. Spina bifida
the Cummins model
delayed language and echolalia
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

20. What is CLOZE procedure?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
visual impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

21. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
IFSP
students who are mentally retarded

22. 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
LRE
group contingency contracting
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
try to find appropriate content at grade level

23. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
no

24. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
50%
Mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

25. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Learning disabilities
50%
IFSP

26. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

27. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
augmentative communciation
functional vision assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

28. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
augmentative communciation
yes
hearing loss that was present at birth

29. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
student to student

30. Multiple and severe disabilties
Orthopedic impairment
categorical approach
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
IFSP

31. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
yes
learning disability
21 or younger

32. 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
group contingency contracting
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
the Cummins model

33. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
an individualized transition plan
How 504 defines a disability
articulation

34. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
90%
direct instruction

35. Specific learning 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
the Cummins model
Deafness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

36. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
PARC vs. State of Penn
Traumatic brain injury

37. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

38. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
compensatory education
negative reinforcement
pervasive developmental disorders
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

39. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
45%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
18

40. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
yes
curriculum based assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

41. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
duration recording
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education

42. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
curriculum based assessment
yes

43. Metacognition is connected to
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting
assistive technology
executive functioning

44. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
not legal
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

45. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
yes
1%
medication and a behavior management intervention

46. What is acquired hearing loss?
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
IFSP
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss that happened after birth

47. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Fourteen
whole language
ecological
IFSP

48. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
group contingency contracting
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

49. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

50. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
no
an audiometer
having them practice filing out job applications
mental retardation