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Praxis Special Ed

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1. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Fourteen
90%
zero reject
Non - discriminatory assessment

2. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
group contingency contracting
Non - discriminatory assessment
learning disability
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

3. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

4. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

5. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the Cummins model
they modify students thought patterns
yes

6. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
LRE
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
having them practice filing out job applications

7. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Hearing impairment
ther health impairments
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

8. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
learning disability
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

9. 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
direct instruction
yes
Stanford 9
Larry P vs. Riles

10. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
the DSM- IV
an individualized transition plan
Deaf - blindness
having them practice filing out job applications

11. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mental retardation
Multiple disabilities

12. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Deafness
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Larry P vs. Riles
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

13. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
21 or younger
45%

14. 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
Non - discriminatory assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
medication and a behavior management intervention

15. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
augmentative communciation

16. 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?
not legal
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Council for Exceptional Children

17. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
early traumatic experiences
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
a hearing aid

18. Spina bifida
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
pervasive developmental disorders
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

19. Yes
early traumatic experiences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
life space analysis

20. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Stanford 9
Deaf - blindness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
How 504 defines a disability

21. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
not legal
categorical approach

23. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
yes
Curriculum based assessment
yes

24. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
student to student
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
50%

25. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
no
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

26. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Council for Exceptional Children
the Cummins model
Larry P vs. Riles
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

27. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Autism
an audiometer
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
an individualized transition plan

28. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Multiple disabilities
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

29. 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
hearing loss that happened after birth
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
assistive technology

30. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment
compensatory education
two to nine percent

31. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
two to nine percent
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
where Section 504 comes from
developmental

32. What causes autism?
life space analysis
they modify students thought patterns
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
whole language

33. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Specific learning disability
a hearing aid

34. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
an audiometer
How 504 defines a disability
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
early traumatic experiences

35. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Autism
yes

36. What does outer - directedness mean?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
How 504 defines a disability
articulation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

37. 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
How 504 defines a disability
learning disability
developmental
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

38. 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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
ecological
hearing loss that happened after birth
Larry P vs. Riles

39. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
How 504 defines a disability
early traumatic experiences
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
mental retardation

40. A remedial approach
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pervasive developmental disorders
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

41. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
18
visual impairment
categorical approach

42. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
no
the Cummins model
having them practice filing out job applications

43. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
How 504 defines a disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

44. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
not legal
Hearing impairment
life space analysis
Hear and understand speech

45. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
group contingency contracting
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
IFSP
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

46. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Autism
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
executive functioning
discriminatory stimulus

47. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
LRE
assistive technology
Emotional disturbance
a hearing aid

48. Metacognition is connected to
10 per 10 - 100 children
not legal
yes
executive functioning

49. Share the responsibility for the students education
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

50. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
learning disability
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?