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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Sixty days
90%
Program first placement second

2. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
pervasive developmental disorders
yes
Orthopedic impairment
Program first placement second

3. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
Mental retardation
45%
two to nine percent

4. A remedial approach
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
augmentative communciation

5. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

6. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
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 - referral screening and an in class observation
Non - discriminatory assessment

7. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
mental retardation
the DSM- IV
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

8. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
hearing loss that happened after birth
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a hearing aid

9. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
mental retardation
an individualized transition plan
early traumatic experiences

10. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
student to student
mental retardation

11. 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
developmental
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
two to nine percent

12. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
speech or language impairment
developmental
Hear and understand speech

13. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
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
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

14. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
augmentative communciation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Orthopedic impairment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

15. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
duration recording
45%
the Cummins model
principles of IDEA

16. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
IFSP
early traumatic experiences
assistive technology

17. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
hearing loss that happened after birth
Specific learning disability
Orthopedic impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

18. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
social stories
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

19. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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20. 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
functional vision assessment
delayed language and echolalia
group contingency contracting
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

21. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
ther health impairments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Autism

22. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
no
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

23. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
LRE
no
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
contingency based self - management

24. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Hear and understand speech
social stories

25. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
medication and a behavior management intervention
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
duration recording

26. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Deafness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
zero reject

27. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
zero reject
Stanford 9

28. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
student to student
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

29. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
50%
developmental
Learning disabilities

30. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
IFSP
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Deaf - blindness
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

31. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
learned helplessness
mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

32. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
ecological
Program first placement second
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

33. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders

34. A model used with ESL and deaf students
medication and a behavior management intervention
two to nine percent
the Cummins model
yes

35. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
a hearing aid
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
assistive technology

36. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
student to student
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Orthopedic impairment

37. What does FVA stand for?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
functional vision assessment
life space analysis
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

38. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Multiple disabilities
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

39. What percent of the population was ADHD?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
two to nine percent
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Multiple disabilities
21 or younger
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
students who are mentally retarded

41. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
they modify students thought patterns
functional vision assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Hear and understand speech

42. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
General education classrooms
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
where Section 504 comes from

43. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
students who are mentally retarded
where Section 504 comes from
functional vision assessment
Procedural safeguards

44. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Council for Exceptional Children
the Cummins model
augmentative communciation
having them practice filing out job applications

45. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
pervasive developmental disorders
delayed language and echolalia
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

46. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
visual impairment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Deaf - blindness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

47. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Orthopedic impairment
executive functioning
negative reinforcement
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

48. Birthplace of FAPE
Fourteen
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss that was present at birth
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

49. What does adaptive behavior mean?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

50. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
early traumatic experiences
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
yes