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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
negative reinforcement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
whole language

2. 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
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
ecological
student to student
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

3. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hearing impairment
articulation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

4. What is the prevalence of autism?
whole language
10 per 10 - 100 children
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

5. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
discriminatory stimulus
Council for Exceptional Children

6. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
yes
an audiometer

7. What does a cochlear implant do?
visual impairment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
mental retardation

8. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
executive functioning

9. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
where Section 504 comes from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Deafness

10. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
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
contingency based self - management
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

11. Mental retardation originates before what age?
90%
Hearing impairment
ther health impairments
18

12. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Program first placement second
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

13. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

14. 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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
direct instruction
the Cummins model

15. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
50%
two to nine percent
LRE

16. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
principles of IDEA
group contingency contracting
Council for Exceptional Children

17. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
direct instruction
contingency based self - management

18. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Learning disabilities
Fourteen
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
augmentative communciation

19. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
zero reject
augmentative communciation
mental retardation

20. What percent of the population was ADHD?
medication and a behavior management intervention
10 per 10 - 100 children
Procedural safeguards
two to nine percent

21. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Autism
Deaf - blindness

22. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Sixty days
direct instruction

23. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
Fourteen
students who are mentally retarded
Larry P vs. Riles

24. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
social stories
delayed language and echolalia
pervasive developmental disorders

25. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ESEA Act

26. ADHD criteria is defined by
two to nine percent
the DSM- IV
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

27. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
90%
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hear and understand speech
45%

28. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
mental retardation
yes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

29. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Learning disabilities
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
LRE
Hear and understand speech

30. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ecological
mental retardation
ther health impairments
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

31. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Emotional disturbance
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
direct instruction

32. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
not legal
yes
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
they modify students thought patterns

33. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
student to student
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
the DSM- IV
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

34. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
delayed language and echolalia
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
IFSP
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

35. A remedial approach
Orthopedic impairment
Fourteen
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
contingency based self - management

36. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Orthopedic impairment
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

37. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Deaf - blindness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

38. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
pervasive developmental disorders
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

39. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Orthopedic impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
early traumatic experiences
Stanford 9

40. Spina bifida
an audiometer
10 per 10 - 100 children
Curriculum based assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

41. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
negative reinforcement
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Emotional disturbance

42. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
the DSM- IV
Fourteen
ecological

43. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Hearing impairment

44. 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
medication and a behavior management intervention
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
assistive technology

45. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
1%

46. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
LRE
medication and a behavior management intervention
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

47. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
compensatory education
speech or language impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

48. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
contingency based self - management
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Larry P vs. Riles

49. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
speech or language impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

50. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
social stories
Deaf - blindness