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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What causes autism?
augmentative communciation
Curriculum based assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

2. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Autism
Orthopedic impairment
45%
Learning disabilities

3. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
21 or younger
yes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

4. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan

5. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Multiple disabilities
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

6. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
two to nine percent
mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

7. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
1%
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

8. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
hearing loss that was present at birth
90%
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

9. ADHD criteria is defined by
the Cummins model
having them practice filing out job applications
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
the DSM- IV

10. What does adaptive behavior mean?
early traumatic experiences
no
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

11. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
direct instruction
zero reject

12. In errorless learning SD stands for?
LRE
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
discriminatory stimulus
no

13. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
ecological
hearing loss that was present at birth
ESEA Act

14. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Hearing impairment
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

15. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Specific learning disability
Deaf - blindness

16. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
principles of IDEA
Stanford 9
they modify students thought patterns

17. 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?
direct instruction
try to find appropriate content at grade level
executive functioning
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

18. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
assistive technology
Larry P vs. Riles

19. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Hearing impairment
social stories
pervasive developmental disorders
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

20. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
augmentative communciation
LRE
functional vision assessment
Emotional disturbance

21. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
where Section 504 comes from
mental retardation
LRE

22. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
negative reinforcement
Hear and understand speech

23. Spina bifida
ecological
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

24. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
18
yes
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IFSP

25. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
duration recording
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
LRE

26. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
categorical approach

27. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss that happened after birth
Curriculum based assessment
21 or younger

28. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hearing impairment

29. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
delayed language and echolalia
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no

30. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Non - discriminatory assessment
LRE
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

31. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
visual impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
group contingency contracting
Procedural safeguards

32. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
Autism
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Program first placement second
whole language

33. Specific learning disability
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
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Traumatic brain injury
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

34. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

35. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
delayed language and echolalia
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
ESEA Act
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
21 or younger
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

37. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
direct instruction
Traumatic brain injury
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
categorical approach

38. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Multiple disabilities
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
1%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

39. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
yes
an audiometer
early traumatic experiences

40. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
articulation
Learning disabilities

41. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject
delayed language and echolalia
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

42. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
negative reinforcement
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
50%
IFSP

43. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

44. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
Non - discriminatory assessment
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

45. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss that happened after birth
ESEA Act
Sixty days

46. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
ecological
45%

47. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
no
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
yes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

48. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
an individualized transition plan
LRE
augmentative communciation

49. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
students who are mentally retarded
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
student to student
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

50. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Stanford 9
curriculum based assessment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
students who are mentally retarded