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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Deafness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
2. Spina bifida
executive functioning
Deafness
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Sixty days
3. What percent of the population was ADHD?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
yes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
two to nine percent
4. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
medication and a behavior management intervention
functional skills - social skills - career skills
delayed language and echolalia
pervasive developmental disorders
5. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Non - discriminatory assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
21 or younger
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
6. 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?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Non - discriminatory assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
7. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
categorical approach
Autism
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
8. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
a hearing aid
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
two to nine percent
9. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
General education classrooms
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Orthopedic impairment
10. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Curriculum based assessment
contingency based self - management
having them practice filing out job applications
11. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
discriminatory stimulus
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
student to student
12. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
whole language
Deafness
ther health impairments
13. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
group contingency contracting
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Fourteen
14. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
life space analysis
a hearing aid
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
15. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
they modify students thought patterns
where Section 504 comes from
LRE
16. A remedial approach
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
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 Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
17. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Hear and understand speech
Deafness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
18. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
Sixty days
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Curriculum based assessment
19. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
medication and a behavior management intervention
no
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
20. Birthplace of FAPE
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
PARC vs. State of Penn
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
21. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
duration recording
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Sixty days
speech or language impairment
22. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
1%
Council for Exceptional Children
23. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
45%
social stories
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
24. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Multiple disabilities
no
mental retardation
25. Name four areas of executive function
LRE
50%
yes
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
26. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
an individualized transition plan
27. 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
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
developmental
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
try to find appropriate content at grade level
28. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
ther health impairments
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Mental retardation
group contingency contracting
29. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
discriminatory stimulus
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
learning disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
30. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
45%
yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Emotional disturbance
31. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
where Section 504 comes from
negative reinforcement
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
32. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
an audiometer
ecological
How 504 defines a disability
where Section 504 comes from
33. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
ther health impairments
delayed language and echolalia
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
21 or younger
34. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
whole language
categorical approach
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
35. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
medication and a behavior management intervention
36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
life space analysis
executive functioning
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
37. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
early traumatic experiences
zero reject
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
38. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
21 or younger
IFSP
39. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
an individualized transition plan
40. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
negative reinforcement
delayed language and echolalia
Non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
41. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
10 per 10 - 100 children
not legal
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
students who are mentally retarded
42. Yes
functional vision assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
learned helplessness
90%
43. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
contingency based self - management
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
44. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Non - discriminatory assessment
45. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
no
90%
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
speech or language impairment
46. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Emotional disturbance
an audiometer
early traumatic experiences
47. What does FVA stand for?
45%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
functional vision assessment
48. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
49. Multiple and severe disabilties
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
an audiometer
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Traumatic brain injury
50. 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
articulation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
CCTV - optical scanner - computers