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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
50%
Deafness
Larry P vs. Riles
ther health impairments

2. 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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
direct instruction
augmentative communciation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

3. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Larry P vs. Riles

4. 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
not legal
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss that happened after birth
group contingency contracting

5. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
pervasive developmental disorders
Curriculum based assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

6. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
augmentative communciation
Traumatic brain injury
social stories

7. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Curriculum based assessment
Traumatic brain injury
yes

8. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
where Section 504 comes from
IFSP
Procedural safeguards
Sixty days

9. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
executive functioning
medication and a behavior management intervention

10. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
yes
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
visual impairment

11. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Program first placement second
zero reject
ecological

12. Yes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
LRE
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

13. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
students who are mentally retarded
Deafness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss that was present at birth

14. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
no
Traumatic brain injury
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
delayed language and echolalia

15. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
delayed language and echolalia
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ther health impairments

16. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ESEA Act
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

17. 504
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Hearing impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
visual impairment

18. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Council for Exceptional Children
no

19. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
Learning disabilities
social stories
mental retardation

20. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
functional skills - social skills - career skills
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

21. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
assistive technology
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss that happened after birth
LRE

22. 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?
18
discriminatory stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Traumatic brain injury

23. Name four areas of executive function
LRE
Deafness
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

24. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
curriculum based assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan

25. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
assistive technology
curriculum based assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

26. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
early traumatic experiences

27. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
learned helplessness
21 or younger
pervasive developmental disorders

28. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
1%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

29. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
student to student
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
students who are mentally retarded
the DSM- IV
an audiometer

31. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
Deaf - blindness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

32. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Deaf - blindness
Traumatic brain injury
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

33. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
two to nine percent
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that happened after birth

34. Specific learning disability
life space analysis
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
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

35. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

36. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
no
90%
Emotional disturbance
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

37. What is CLOZE procedure?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss that happened after birth
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

38. What percent of the population was ADHD?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Deafness
two to nine percent
yes

39. What does FVA stand for?
ESEA Act
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
functional vision assessment
group contingency contracting

40. ADHD criteria is defined by
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
yes
an individualized transition plan
the DSM- IV

41. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
try to find appropriate content at grade level
speech or language impairment
Hear and understand speech
two to nine percent

42. What causes autism?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

43. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
an audiometer
social stories
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

44. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
18
negative reinforcement
Orthopedic impairment
General education classrooms

45. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
life space analysis
1%
50%
augmentative communciation

46. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
compensatory education
ther health impairments
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

47. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
mental retardation

48. Mental retardation originates before what age?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
18
articulation
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

49. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
whole language
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

50. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
zero reject
Larry P vs. Riles
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pervasive developmental disorders