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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What causes autism?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
the DSM- IV
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

2. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Traumatic brain injury
45%
students who are mentally retarded
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

3. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Council for Exceptional Children
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness

4. A remedial approach
group contingency contracting
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

5. Spina bifida
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
categorical approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Hear and understand speech

6. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
articulation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Multiple disabilities

7. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
ESEA Act
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

8. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Larry P vs. Riles
categorical approach

9. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
contingency based self - management
Non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
students who are mentally retarded

10. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
contingency based self - management
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Autism

11. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
no
10 per 10 - 100 children

12. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
early traumatic experiences
developmental
assistive technology
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

13. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
yes
discriminatory stimulus
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

14. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
visual impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Specific learning disability

15. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
students who are mentally retarded
LRE
mental retardation

16. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
10 per 10 - 100 children
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

17. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
an individualized transition plan
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
early traumatic experiences

18. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

19. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
IFSP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
zero reject

20. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Non - discriminatory assessment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
student to student

21. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
a hearing aid
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Autism
yes

22. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the DSM- IV
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

23. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
visual impairment
negative reinforcement
functional vision assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

24. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
learned helplessness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
negative reinforcement
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

25. Metacognition is connected to
Hear and understand speech
executive functioning
not legal
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

26. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
PARC vs. State of Penn
two to nine percent
yes
zero reject

27. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
principles of IDEA
whole language
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

28. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
executive functioning
no

29. 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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
not legal
Deaf - blindness
direct instruction

30. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
Procedural safeguards
direct instruction
student to student

31. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
visual impairment
categorical approach
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

32. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
21 or younger
assistive technology
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

33. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
direct instruction
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Sixty days
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

34. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
ther health impairments
no
Autism
yes

35. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
medication and a behavior management intervention
yes
Curriculum based assessment

36. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
medication and a behavior management intervention
Learning disabilities
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

37. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Emotional disturbance
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
student to student
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

38. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
ther health impairments
PARC vs. State of Penn
negative reinforcement

39. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
ther health impairments
a hearing aid
mental retardation
the DSM- IV

40. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

41. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
categorical approach
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
1%

42. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
assistive technology
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

43. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Council for Exceptional Children
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learning disability

44. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
life space analysis
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
augmentative communciation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

45. 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
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
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
group contingency contracting
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

46. 504
PARC vs. State of Penn
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

47. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
yes
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

48. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
students who are mentally retarded
Procedural safeguards

49. 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
21 or younger
developmental
whole language
not legal

50. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
categorical approach