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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Autism
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
student to student
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

2. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes

3. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
duration recording
45%
yes

4. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
90%
yes

5. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
50%
yes
where Section 504 comes from
LRE

6. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that was present at birth
a hearing aid
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

7. Birthplace of FAPE
Emotional disturbance
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
PARC vs. State of Penn
How 504 defines a disability

8. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Cummins model
yes

9. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
zero reject
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

10. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
where Section 504 comes from
Fourteen
Learning disabilities
21 or younger

11. What does adaptive behavior mean?
the Cummins model
Hear and understand speech
50%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

12. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
functional skills - social skills - career skills
compensatory education
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

13. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
18
90%
Emotional disturbance
mental retardation

14. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
medication and a behavior management intervention
Orthopedic impairment
50%
Mental retardation

15. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
functional vision assessment
Hear and understand speech
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Autism

16. 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
Emotional disturbance
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
categorical approach

17. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Deafness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

18. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
45%
ESEA Act
50%

19. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
1%
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

20. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
no
Learning disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
45%
learning disability
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

22. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Hear and understand speech
compensatory education

23. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
an audiometer
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

24. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
an individualized transition plan
categorical approach
Hearing impairment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

25. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
18
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
yes

26. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Larry P vs. Riles
Deafness

27. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
duration recording
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

28. What is acquired hearing loss?
Autism
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

29. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
18
ther health impairments
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that happened after birth

30. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
speech or language impairment
principles of IDEA
pervasive developmental disorders
ther health impairments

31. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
hearing loss that happened after birth
medication and a behavior management intervention
functional skills - social skills - career skills
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

32. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
yes
Non - discriminatory assessment
LRE
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

34. What does outer - directedness mean?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Stanford 9
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

35. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
yes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Curriculum based assessment
articulation

36. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Procedural safeguards
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
yes

37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
visual impairment
having them practice filing out job applications
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

38. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
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
pervasive developmental disorders
whole language

39. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
LRE
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
10 per 10 - 100 children

40. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
functional vision assessment

41. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Non - discriminatory assessment
Mental retardation
life space analysis
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

42. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
categorical approach
mental retardation
medication and a behavior management intervention
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

43. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Fourteen
18
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
they modify students thought patterns

44. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
mental retardation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
speech or language impairment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

45. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
not legal
pervasive developmental disorders
negative reinforcement
the DSM- IV

46. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Mental retardation
ESEA Act
18
learned helplessness

47. What does a cochlear implant do?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
student to student
whole language

48. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Stanford 9
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Deafness

49. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
visual impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

50. 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
ecological
Fourteen
whole language
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills