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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss that happened after birth
assistive technology
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

2. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
hearing loss that happened after birth
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
IFSP

3. 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
discriminatory stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level
direct instruction
ecological

4. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
the Cummins model
Hearing impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
assistive technology

5. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
articulation

6. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

7. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
45%
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
students who are mentally retarded

8. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
50%
pervasive developmental disorders

9. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
90%
hearing loss that happened after birth
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

10. 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
Stanford 9
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
assistive technology

11. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
whole language
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Fourteen
speech or language impairment

12. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
direct instruction
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Emotional disturbance
50%

13. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
not legal
visual impairment

14. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
pervasive developmental disorders
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
zero reject

15. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
50%
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
10 per 10 - 100 children
Council for Exceptional Children

16. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
they modify students thought patterns
augmentative communciation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

17. What are four types of data based decision making?
curriculum based assessment
Hear and understand speech
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

18. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Program first placement second
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

19. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
18
articulation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

20. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
contingency based self - management
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
PARC vs. State of Penn

21. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Fourteen
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
visual impairment

22. 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
Orthopedic impairment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
whole language
Fourteen

23. A model used with ESL and deaf students
life space analysis
PARC vs. State of Penn
the Cummins model
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

24. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
augmentative communciation
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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Specific learning disability

25. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
learning disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

26. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
visual impairment
Deaf - blindness

27. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
not legal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

28. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
18
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

29. What is acquired hearing loss?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
speech or language impairment
hearing loss that happened after birth

30. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the DSM- IV
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

31. Spina bifida
group contingency contracting
categorical approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

32. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
where Section 504 comes from
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Cummins model

33. Multiple and severe disabilties
ecological
Sixty days
where Section 504 comes from
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

34. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Deaf - blindness
Stanford 9

35. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Learning disabilities
Non - discriminatory assessment
students who are mentally retarded
ther health impairments

36. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
duration recording
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

37. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
45%
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss that was present at birth

38. What causes autism?
Curriculum based assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
direct instruction

39. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Traumatic brain injury
PARC vs. State of Penn
Procedural safeguards

40. A remedial approach
medication and a behavior management intervention
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
compensatory education
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

41. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
developmental
articulation
Learning disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

42. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Learning disabilities
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

43. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
ESEA Act
medication and a behavior management intervention
assistive technology
21 or younger

44. ADHD criteria is defined by
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
the DSM- IV
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
student to student

45. What does outer - directedness mean?
zero reject
Learning disabilities
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

46. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
learned helplessness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

47. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
ther health impairments
hearing loss that was present at birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
having them practice filing out job applications

48. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
LRE
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

49. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
the Cummins model
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
50%

50. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
executive functioning
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
LRE
principles of IDEA