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Praxis Special Ed

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1. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
1%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
principles of IDEA

2. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that happened after birth
mental retardation
Stanford 9

3. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
social stories
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

4. Multiple and severe disabilties
discriminatory stimulus
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
not legal
articulation

5. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Fourteen
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the DSM- IV
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

6. What does outer - directedness mean?
a hearing aid
Specific learning disability
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
assistive technology

7. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Deafness
Non - discriminatory assessment
Multiple disabilities
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

8. 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
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
compensatory education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

9. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
LRE
21 or younger
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

10. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
a hearing aid
social stories
learned helplessness

11. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
the DSM- IV
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

12. Metacognition is connected to
whole language
curriculum based assessment
executive functioning
developmental

13. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
augmentative communciation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

14. Spina bifida
Hearing impairment
categorical approach
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
zero reject

15. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
1%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

16. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
group contingency contracting
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

17. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
delayed language and echolalia
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

18. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Program first placement second
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

19. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
ther health impairments
no
visual impairment

20. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
ecological
yes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
PARC vs. State of Penn

21. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
early traumatic experiences
where Section 504 comes from
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

22. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
a hearing aid
Autism
curriculum based assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

23. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

24. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
ESEA Act
hearing loss that happened after birth
having them practice filing out job applications

25. What causes autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
an individualized transition plan
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

26. 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
assistive technology
ecological
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
contingency based self - management

27. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
General education classrooms

28. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
contingency based self - management
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

29. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
10 per 10 - 100 children
mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
How 504 defines a disability
an individualized transition plan
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

31. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
50%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

32. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Traumatic brain injury
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
student to student
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

33. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
medication and a behavior management intervention
students who are mentally retarded
yes
visual impairment

34. 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?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
try to find appropriate content at grade level
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

35. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Procedural safeguards
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Orthopedic impairment
mental retardation

36. Specific learning disability
learning disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
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

37. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Larry P vs. Riles
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deafness
compensatory education

38. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
50%
life space analysis
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

39. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
they modify students thought patterns

40. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
mental retardation
assistive technology
functional skills - social skills - career skills
categorical approach

41. What is CLOZE procedure?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Traumatic brain injury
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

42. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Curriculum based assessment
yes
mental retardation
a hearing aid

43. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
social stories
students who are mentally retarded
duration recording
zero reject

44. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Procedural safeguards
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth

45. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
categorical approach
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

46. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
curriculum based assessment
an audiometer
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

47. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
delayed language and echolalia
group contingency contracting
try to find appropriate content at grade level
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

48. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Mental retardation

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
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
developmental
group contingency contracting
whole language

50. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
duration recording
they modify students thought patterns
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve