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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
LRE
delayed language and echolalia
learning disability
not legal

2. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
zero reject
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

3. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
a hearing aid
no
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

4. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
IFSP
life space analysis
not legal
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

5. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Deaf - blindness
Procedural safeguards
ecological

6. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that happened after birth
LRE

7. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
social stories

8. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss that happened after birth
90%

9. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
an individualized transition plan
duration recording
medication and a behavior management intervention

10. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Fourteen
yes
an audiometer
90%

11. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an audiometer

12. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
principles of IDEA
augmentative communciation
1%

13. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
45%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
pervasive developmental disorders

14. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Larry P vs. Riles
mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

15. 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
not legal
assistive technology
Stanford 9
General education classrooms

16. What is the prevalence of autism?
Program first placement second
Council for Exceptional Children
10 per 10 - 100 children
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

17. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that was present at birth
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

18. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
50%
Program first placement second

19. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IFSP
Fourteen

20. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
contingency based self - management
IFSP
they modify students thought patterns

21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
they modify students thought patterns
learning disability
Multiple disabilities

22. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
visual impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

23. Specific learning disability
50%
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
executive functioning
assistive technology

24. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Deafness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Hearing impairment

25. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
duration recording
Orthopedic impairment
an individualized transition plan

26. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
duration recording

27. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
student to student
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

28. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
18
Larry P vs. Riles
contingency based self - management
Deafness

29. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
life space analysis
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Stanford 9
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

30. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Hearing impairment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
delayed language and echolalia

31. What does outer - directedness mean?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
executive functioning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

32. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Multiple disabilities
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that was present at birth
yes

33. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
speech or language impairment

34. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
articulation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

35. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Multiple disabilities
45%
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

36. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
an audiometer
ther health impairments
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

37. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
try to find appropriate content at grade level
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

38. What are four types of data based decision making?
50%
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
zero reject

39. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
an audiometer
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Specific learning disability

40. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Deaf - blindness
having them practice filing out job applications

41. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
yes
Deaf - blindness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Autism

42. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
How 504 defines a disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

43. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
they modify students thought patterns
learning disability
Learning disabilities

44. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
articulation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

45. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
student to student
Stanford 9
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

46. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Fourteen
student to student
Program first placement second
Deafness

47. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
principles of IDEA
Learning disabilities
they modify students thought patterns

48. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
ther health impairments
having them practice filing out job applications
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

49. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Deafness
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ther health impairments

50. 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
direct instruction
functional vision assessment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
an audiometer