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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
having them practice filing out job applications
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Specific learning disability

2. Birthplace of FAPE
the DSM- IV
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Stanford 9

3. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Council for Exceptional Children
Mental retardation
Program first placement second
early traumatic experiences

4. What is CLOZE procedure?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
delayed language and echolalia
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

5. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
zero reject
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

6. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Orthopedic impairment
principles of IDEA

7. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
where Section 504 comes from
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

8. Multiple and severe disabilties
ther health impairments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
try to find appropriate content at grade level
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

9. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue 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
discriminatory stimulus
Non - discriminatory assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

10. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
ecological
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

11. Spina bifida
group contingency contracting
90%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
learned helplessness

12. What causes autism?
yes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

13. What is conductive hearing loss?
How 504 defines a disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
executive functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

14. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
life space analysis
learning disability
categorical approach
discriminatory stimulus

15. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Larry P vs. Riles
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
whole language

16. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
student to student
Procedural safeguards
18

17. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
45%
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Hearing impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

18. What are four types of data based decision making?
an individualized transition plan
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

19. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Mental retardation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Larry P vs. Riles
developmental

20. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
augmentative communciation
executive functioning

21. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
principles of IDEA
Curriculum based assessment
General education classrooms
no

22. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Emotional disturbance
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
18
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

23. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
they modify students thought patterns
Deafness
an individualized transition plan
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

24. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
speech or language impairment

25. A model used with ESL and deaf students
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
the Cummins model
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
curriculum based assessment

26. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
21 or younger
50%
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

27. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
1%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
mental retardation

28. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
social stories

29. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
whole language
Specific learning disability
LRE
articulation

30. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
90%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who are mentally retarded
direct instruction

31. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Program first placement second
group contingency contracting
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Multiple disabilities

32. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Learning disabilities

33. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
21 or younger
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Stanford 9

34. What does a cochlear implant do?
developmental
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
delayed language and echolalia
21 or younger

35. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
duration recording
Hear and understand speech
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. 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
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
articulation
Procedural safeguards
ecological

37. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Learning disabilities

38. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
students who are mentally retarded
negative reinforcement
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

39. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
hearing loss that was present at birth
medication and a behavior management intervention
assistive technology

40. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
learning disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Deaf - blindness
having them practice filing out job applications

41. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
curriculum based assessment
medication and a behavior management intervention
Procedural safeguards
assistive technology

42. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
ecological
curriculum based assessment
they modify students thought patterns
Larry P vs. Riles

43. Mental retardation originates before what age?
having them practice filing out job applications
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
18
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

44. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Procedural safeguards
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
augmentative communciation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

45. 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
10 per 10 - 100 children
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
whole language
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

46. 504
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

47. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
they modify students thought patterns
ESEA Act
18
medication and a behavior management intervention

48. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
early traumatic experiences
21 or younger
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
principles of IDEA

49. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Council for Exceptional Children
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

50. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Autism
General education classrooms