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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
negative reinforcement
PARC vs. State of Penn

2. Multiple and severe disabilties
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
an audiometer
PARC vs. State of Penn
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

3. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
Specific learning disability
compensatory education
yes

4. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

5. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Fourteen
mental retardation
Council for Exceptional Children
Curriculum based assessment

6. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
negative reinforcement

7. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
General education classrooms
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

8. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
IFSP
functional vision assessment
45%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

9. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Orthopedic impairment

10. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Multiple disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

11. What causes autism?
Specific learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

12. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Emotional disturbance
Multiple disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

13. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
student to student

14. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Autism
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

15. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
curriculum based assessment
Procedural safeguards
Deafness
Multiple disabilities

16. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

17. 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
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
two to nine percent
developmental

18. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Council for Exceptional Children
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
categorical approach

19. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
having them practice filing out job applications
contingency based self - management
Learning disabilities

20. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
medication and a behavior management intervention
no
yes
principles of IDEA

21. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
Procedural safeguards
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Deafness

22. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Council for Exceptional Children
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Hearing impairment
pervasive developmental disorders

23. 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
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
group contingency contracting
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

24. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Council for Exceptional Children
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

25. ADHD criteria is defined by
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the DSM- IV
50%
visual impairment

26. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Emotional disturbance
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
ther health impairments
Non - discriminatory assessment

27. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
1%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

28. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Larry P vs. Riles
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
principles of IDEA
ESEA Act

29. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
10 per 10 - 100 children
life space analysis
an individualized transition plan

30. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
ther health impairments
Autism

31. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
articulation
learning disability
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
compensatory education

32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
21 or younger
social stories
categorical approach
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

33. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Multiple disabilities
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IFSP

34. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
compensatory education
yes

35. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Deaf - blindness
students who are mentally retarded
categorical approach
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

36. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
General education classrooms
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

37. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
direct instruction
two to nine percent
zero reject

38. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
duration recording
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

39. Mental retardation originates before what age?
student to student
18
speech or language impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
articulation
Non - discriminatory assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

41. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

42. Spina bifida
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
not legal
21 or younger
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

43. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
45%
they modify students thought patterns
Deafness

44. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
try to find appropriate content at grade level

45. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Council for Exceptional Children
learned helplessness
articulation
mental retardation

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Learning disabilities
hearing loss that happened after birth
Sixty days
no

47. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Hear and understand speech
Larry P vs. Riles

48. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
zero reject
compensatory education
Multiple disabilities
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

49. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no
assistive technology
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

50. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
contingency based self - management
they modify students thought patterns
speech or language impairment