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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
yes

2. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
direct instruction
IFSP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

3. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
discriminatory stimulus
learning disability
Deafness

4. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
10 per 10 - 100 children
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

5. A remedial approach
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
hearing loss that happened after birth
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
articulation

6. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
students who are mentally retarded
How 504 defines a disability
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

7. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
negative reinforcement
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a hearing aid
How 504 defines a disability

8. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
whole language
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
augmentative communciation
18

9. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
they modify students thought patterns
curriculum based assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills

10. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
not legal
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
no
learned helplessness

11. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
articulation
yes

12. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
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
Program first placement second

13. What does FVA stand for?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
duration recording
yes
functional vision assessment

14. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
the Cummins model
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

15. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
two to nine percent
categorical approach
IFSP
Multiple disabilities

16. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
90%
they modify students thought patterns
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
Procedural safeguards

17. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
developmental
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

18. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
How 504 defines a disability
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
augmentative communciation

19. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
ESEA Act
functional vision assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Larry P vs. Riles

20. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
learned helplessness
speech or language impairment
student to student

21. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
mental retardation
Traumatic brain injury
an individualized transition plan

22. 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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
direct instruction
45%
Stanford 9

23. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
Fourteen
an audiometer

24. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Specific learning disability
ecological
functional skills - social skills - career skills
PARC vs. State of Penn

25. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
medication and a behavior management intervention
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

26. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
1%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
PARC vs. State of Penn
Council for Exceptional Children

27. Specific learning disability
not legal
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
the Cummins model
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

28. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
not legal
speech or language impairment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

29. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Autism
a hearing aid
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

30. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
1%
Deaf - blindness
Hearing impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

31. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
articulation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

32. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
discriminatory stimulus
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
duration recording
Mental retardation

34. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
hearing loss that happened after birth
an audiometer
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
ecological

35. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the Cummins model
learned helplessness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

36. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
21 or younger
Stanford 9
Learning disabilities
discriminatory stimulus

37. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
50%
How 504 defines a disability
Deafness

38. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
ther health impairments
Autism
executive functioning
they modify students thought patterns

39. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
yes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

40. What is the prevalence of autism?
Non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
10 per 10 - 100 children

41. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Fourteen
early traumatic experiences
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Sixty days

42. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Specific learning disability
Multiple disabilities
Sixty days
yes

43. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
visual impairment
45%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Orthopedic impairment

44. What is CLOZE procedure?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
group contingency contracting
ESEA Act
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

45. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
contingency based self - management
life space analysis
principles of IDEA

46. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
they modify students thought patterns
principles of IDEA
try to find appropriate content at grade level

47. Mental retardation originates before what age?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
18
Learning disabilities

48. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
PARC vs. State of Penn
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
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
life space analysis

49. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
articulation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
ESEA Act

50. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
having them practice filing out job applications
90%
Learning disabilities
an individualized transition plan