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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Sixty days
curriculum based assessment
compensatory education

2. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Multiple disabilities
Deaf - blindness
Non - discriminatory assessment

3. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
ecological
Stanford 9
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

4. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Multiple disabilities
delayed language and echolalia
Council for Exceptional Children

5. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Autism
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pervasive developmental disorders

6. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that happened after birth
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
hearing loss that was present at birth

7. What is conductive hearing loss?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
learned helplessness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

8. 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?
Fourteen
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
compensatory education
try to find appropriate content at grade level

9. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
where Section 504 comes from
IFSP

10. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
mental retardation
an audiometer
LRE
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

11. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
Multiple disabilities
pervasive developmental disorders
yes

12. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Stanford 9
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
mental retardation

13. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
ther health impairments
having them practice filing out job applications
delayed language and echolalia

14. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a hearing aid
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
developmental

15. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
assistive technology
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

16. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
contingency based self - management
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

17. What are four types of data based decision making?
life space analysis
the Cummins model
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
yes

18. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Autism
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Mental retardation

19. 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
group contingency contracting
zero reject
PARC vs. State of Penn
two to nine percent

20. 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
no
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Traumatic brain injury

21. What does adaptive behavior mean?
where Section 504 comes from
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
mental retardation
Learning disabilities

22. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
10 per 10 - 100 children
executive functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

23. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
contingency based self - management
Council for Exceptional Children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

24. Yes
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
where Section 504 comes from

25. Mental retardation originates before what age?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
executive functioning
18

26. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
students who are mentally retarded
two to nine percent

27. Multiple and severe disabilties
Multiple disabilities
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Fourteen

28. 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
45%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
executive functioning

29. 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
45%
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
discriminatory stimulus

30. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
learning disability
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

31. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
negative reinforcement
compensatory education

32. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Emotional disturbance
18
assistive technology

33. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
two to nine percent
Autism
yes
they modify students thought patterns

34. 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 delay can occur in the areas of
a hearing aid
45%
developmental

35. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
contingency based self - management
zero reject
45%
yes

36. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
visual impairment
group contingency contracting
How 504 defines a disability

37. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
delayed language and echolalia
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss that was present at birth

38. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
yes

39. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Stanford 9
Multiple disabilities

40. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Deaf - blindness
life space analysis
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

41. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ESEA Act
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

42. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
whole language
where Section 504 comes from
duration recording

43. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Hearing impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

44. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Stanford 9
an audiometer
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

45. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
duration recording
students who are mentally retarded
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Fourteen

46. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
Hear and understand speech
Deafness
yes

47. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
they modify students thought patterns
18
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

48. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
articulation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
50%

49. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
delayed language and echolalia
an individualized transition plan
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

50. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
Sixty days
mental retardation
categorical approach
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period