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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
direct instruction
early traumatic experiences
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Fourteen

2. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Program first placement second
social stories
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

3. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Specific learning disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

4. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
negative reinforcement
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
where Section 504 comes from

5. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Hear and understand speech
Larry P vs. Riles
21 or younger
where Section 504 comes from

6. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Sixty days
Traumatic brain injury
medication and a behavior management intervention
contingency based self - management

7. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
PARC vs. State of Penn
a hearing aid

8. 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
articulation
assistive technology
delayed language and echolalia
student to student

9. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
social stories
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
contingency based self - management

10. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss that happened after birth
How 504 defines a disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

11. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Sixty days
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

12. What does FVA stand for?
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
yes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
functional vision assessment

13. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
PARC vs. State of Penn
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
developmental

14. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Curriculum based assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
Learning disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children

15. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
LRE
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

16. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
where Section 504 comes from
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that happened after birth
duration recording

17. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
visual impairment
Larry P vs. Riles
ESEA Act
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

18. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
1%
18
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who are mentally retarded

19. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
ecological
zero reject
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

20. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Hearing impairment
discriminatory stimulus
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Non - discriminatory assessment

21. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
pervasive developmental disorders
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

22. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
visual impairment
18

23. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Autism
hearing loss that was present at birth
articulation

24. Share the responsibility for the students education
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
functional skills - social skills - career skills
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

25. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
zero reject
two to nine percent
90%

26. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
1%
Deaf - blindness
IFSP

27. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Larry P vs. Riles
Deaf - blindness
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

28. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
learned helplessness
the Cummins model
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

29. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
visual impairment
pervasive developmental disorders

30. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Multiple disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Program first placement second

31. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
ESEA Act
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

32. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
duration recording
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
articulation
having them practice filing out job applications

33. A remedial approach
articulation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
assistive technology
principles of IDEA

34. Birthplace of FAPE
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
developmental
PARC vs. State of Penn
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

35. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
no
functional skills - social skills - career skills
compensatory education
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

36. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
curriculum based assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
yes

37. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Stanford 9
an individualized transition plan
medication and a behavior management intervention
mental retardation

38. What percent of the population was ADHD?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
two to nine percent
try to find appropriate content at grade level

39. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
functional skills - social skills - career skills
visual impairment

40. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
mental retardation
IFSP

41. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
50%

42. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Learning disabilities
articulation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

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?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
try to find appropriate content at grade level

44. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an audiometer
compensatory education
negative reinforcement

45. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
mental retardation
zero reject
Hearing impairment
Multiple disabilities

46. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
no
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Mental retardation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

47. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

48. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
executive functioning
categorical approach
Council for Exceptional Children
principles of IDEA

49. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two to nine percent
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

50. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Multiple disabilities
yes
compensatory education
not legal