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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
45%
delayed language and echolalia
Specific learning disability

2. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Stanford 9
pervasive developmental disorders
compensatory education

3. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
21 or younger
1%
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

4. What percent of the population was ADHD?
having them practice filing out job applications
Council for Exceptional Children
principles of IDEA
two to nine percent

5. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
life space analysis
where Section 504 comes from
ESEA Act
categorical approach

6. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
executive functioning

7. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

8. 504
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
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?
an individualized transition plan

9. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Deafness
having them practice filing out job applications
Non - discriminatory assessment
two to nine percent

10. 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
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

11. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
the DSM- IV
General education classrooms
categorical approach
try to find appropriate content at grade level

12. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
ecological
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

13. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
where Section 504 comes from
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
early traumatic experiences
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

14. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
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
assistive technology
whole language
mental retardation

15. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no
yes
yes

16. Multiple and severe disabilties
Program first placement second
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

17. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
negative reinforcement
Fourteen
Procedural safeguards

18. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Deafness
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

19. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Hearing impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

20. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
delayed language and echolalia
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
principles of IDEA

21. 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
group contingency contracting
yes
they modify students thought patterns
whole language

22. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
student to student
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the DSM- IV
Fourteen

23. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
life space analysis
early traumatic experiences
not legal

24. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
having them practice filing out job applications
Larry P vs. Riles

25. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
direct instruction
where Section 504 comes from
they modify students thought patterns
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

26. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
hearing loss that was present at birth
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
a hearing aid

27. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
90%
functional vision assessment
LRE
curriculum based assessment

28. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
ther health impairments
Traumatic brain injury
General education classrooms
assistive technology

29. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Autism
delayed language and echolalia
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
social stories

30. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
Non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

31. What is the prevalence of autism?
LRE
10 per 10 - 100 children
Program first placement second
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

32. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
50%

33. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
90%
Non - discriminatory assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

34. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
learned helplessness

35. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
learned helplessness
early traumatic experiences
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
whole language

36. 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
the DSM- IV
group contingency contracting
IFSP
Mental retardation

37. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
developmental
augmentative communciation

38. What is conductive hearing loss?
executive functioning
Hearing impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
General education classrooms

39. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
no
Autism
having them practice filing out job applications
yes

40. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
an audiometer
90%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

41. Birthplace of FAPE
1%
speech or language impairment
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
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
an audiometer
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

43. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Traumatic brain injury
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

44. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
mental retardation
having them practice filing out job applications
Mental retardation
yes

45. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
yes
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Non - discriminatory assessment

46. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Hearing impairment
Procedural safeguards
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

47. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Learning disabilities
45%
categorical approach
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

48. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
having them practice filing out job applications
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
learned helplessness

49. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Autism
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Deafness
delayed language and echolalia

50. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
yes