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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
the DSM- IV
ESEA Act
discriminatory stimulus

2. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
where Section 504 comes from
a hearing aid
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

3. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
90%
Curriculum based assessment
LRE
50%

4. 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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Traumatic brain injury

5. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Sixty days
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

6. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hearing impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Specific learning disability

7. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
yes
principles of IDEA
Deaf - blindness
Emotional disturbance

8. Spina bifida
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Deaf - blindness
compensatory education

9. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
functional skills - social skills - career skills

10. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
45%
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
augmentative communciation

11. 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
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
the DSM- IV
ecological
early traumatic experiences

12. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
augmentative communciation
two to nine percent
an individualized transition plan

13. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learned helplessness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

14. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Learning disabilities
Deafness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

15. What does adaptive behavior mean?
life space analysis
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
zero reject

16. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Hearing impairment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Council for Exceptional Children
discriminatory stimulus

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
speech or language impairment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Emotional disturbance
Program first placement second
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
duration recording

19. 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
augmentative communciation
direct instruction
early traumatic experiences
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

20. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

21. Metacognition is connected to
Stanford 9
executive functioning
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

22. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
speech or language impairment
executive functioning
a hearing aid

23. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
mental retardation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Autism
Non - discriminatory assessment

24. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
augmentative communciation
no
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

25. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
zero reject
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
principles of IDEA

26. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Deafness
Curriculum based assessment
learning disability
learned helplessness

27. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

28. Share the responsibility for the students education
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
whole language
45%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

29. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Curriculum based assessment
1%
student to student
Orthopedic impairment

30. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Council for Exceptional Children
learning disability

31. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
they modify students thought patterns
two to nine percent

32. 504
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
ecological
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

33. What does a cochlear implant do?
students who are mentally retarded
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

34. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Specific learning disability
executive functioning
Autism

35. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
General education classrooms
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that happened after birth
yes

36. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
having them practice filing out job applications
negative reinforcement

37. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

38. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
the DSM- IV
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

39. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
45%
21 or younger
ESEA Act
categorical approach

40. 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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
developmental
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

41. Name four areas of executive function
Sixty days
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
visual impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. Mental retardation originates before what age?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
18

43. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
curriculum based assessment
IFSP
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
direct instruction
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

45. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
PARC vs. State of Penn
the DSM- IV
1%
How 504 defines a disability

46. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

47. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Learning disabilities
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
early traumatic experiences
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

48. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
students who are mentally retarded

49. A remedial approach
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

50. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain