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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learning disability
direct instruction

2. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Multiple disabilities

3. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Deaf - blindness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learned helplessness
21 or younger

4. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
negative reinforcement

5. 504
life space analysis
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

6. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
early traumatic experiences
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

7. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
learned helplessness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

8. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
How 504 defines a disability
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that was present at birth
they modify students thought patterns

9. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Fourteen
18

10. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
early traumatic experiences
discriminatory stimulus
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
not legal

11. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
early traumatic experiences
augmentative communciation

12. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
having them practice filing out job applications
duration recording

13. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Emotional disturbance
Fourteen
an audiometer
General education classrooms

14. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
whole language
LRE
group contingency contracting

15. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Larry P vs. Riles
learned helplessness

16. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
yes
21 or younger

17. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
having them practice filing out job applications
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
ther health impairments
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

18. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
early traumatic experiences
duration recording
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

19. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
yes
45%
an individualized transition plan

20. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
ESEA Act
hearing loss that happened after birth
speech or language impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth

21. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Hear and understand speech
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

22. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Orthopedic impairment

23. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
ecological
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

24. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
curriculum based assessment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills

25. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ecological
Deaf - blindness

26. 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
Deafness
early traumatic experiences
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

27. What percent of the population was ADHD?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
two to nine percent

28. Multiple and severe disabilties
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
functional vision assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
LRE

29. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
group contingency contracting
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
zero reject
Procedural safeguards

30. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
1%
learned helplessness
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

31. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
group contingency contracting
ESEA Act
Orthopedic impairment

32. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
visual impairment
a hearing aid
mental retardation
contingency based self - management

33. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
compensatory education
principles of IDEA
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

34. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
life space analysis
mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment
How 504 defines a disability

35. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
negative reinforcement
delayed language and echolalia
duration recording
articulation

36. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
delayed language and echolalia
21 or younger
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
learned helplessness

37. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
90%
two to nine percent
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

38. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
a hearing aid
IFSP
learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level

39. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
principles of IDEA
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

40. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Specific learning disability
Fourteen
students who are mentally retarded
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

41. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
assistive technology
compensatory education
articulation
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

42. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
categorical approach
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deafness

43. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

44. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
having them practice filing out job applications
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

45. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
yes
functional skills - social skills - career skills
assistive technology

46. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Mental retardation

47. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Council for Exceptional Children

48. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
functional vision assessment
group contingency contracting
early traumatic experiences

49. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Multiple disabilities
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Emotional disturbance
pervasive developmental disorders

50. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
early traumatic experiences
Autism
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors