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Praxis Special Ed
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Subjects
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praxis
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teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A model used with ESL and deaf students
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
the Cummins model
2. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
ecological
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
not legal
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
3. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
21 or younger
negative reinforcement
How 504 defines a disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
4. What is conductive hearing loss?
mental retardation
speech or language impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
5. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Traumatic brain injury
Hear and understand speech
6. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
IFSP
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
21 or younger
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
7. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
early traumatic experiences
8. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Curriculum based assessment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
discriminatory stimulus
21 or younger
9. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
speech or language impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
principles of IDEA
45%
10. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
they modify students thought patterns
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
LRE
11. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
early traumatic experiences
compensatory education
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
12. 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
21 or younger
direct instruction
90%
whole language
13. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
pervasive developmental disorders
Council for Exceptional Children
Hear and understand speech
Procedural safeguards
14. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Larry P vs. Riles
duration recording
15. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Fourteen
negative reinforcement
no
16. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Non - discriminatory assessment
17. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Emotional disturbance
ecological
zero reject
students who are mentally retarded
18. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Council for Exceptional Children
students who are mentally retarded
10 per 10 - 100 children
Larry P vs. Riles
19. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
90%
direct instruction
Procedural safeguards
20. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
speech or language impairment
Sixty days
they modify students thought patterns
21. What is acquired hearing loss?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that happened after birth
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Stanford 9
22. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
21 or younger
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
a hearing aid
23. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
they modify students thought patterns
Program first placement second
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
24. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
18
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Curriculum based assessment
25. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
group contingency contracting
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
26. Yes
executive functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
life space analysis
Larry P vs. Riles
27. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
28. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
two to nine percent
Fourteen
learned helplessness
Traumatic brain injury
29. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Non - discriminatory assessment
the DSM- IV
functional skills - social skills - career skills
30. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
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
compensatory education
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
31. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Learning disabilities
32. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
duration recording
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
33. What percent of the population was ADHD?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Traumatic brain injury
two to nine percent
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
34. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Hearing impairment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
students who are mentally retarded
35. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
90%
36. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Specific learning disability
having them practice filing out job applications
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
37. 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
functional vision assessment
direct instruction
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
38. 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
group contingency contracting
direct instruction
executive functioning
an audiometer
39. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
mental retardation
yes
40. 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
Fourteen
Hear and understand speech
mental retardation
41. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
assistive technology
learning disability
Hear and understand speech
42. A remedial approach
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Sixty days
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
43. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hearing impairment
yes
LRE
44. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Specific learning disability
principles of IDEA
45. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
delayed language and echolalia
the DSM- IV
46. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
they modify students thought patterns
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
47. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
assistive technology
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
contingency based self - management
principles of IDEA
48. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
How 504 defines a disability
yes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
49. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two to nine percent
Curriculum based assessment
executive functioning
50. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Hear and understand speech
Procedural safeguards
18
manipulating the antecedent stimulus