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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
General education classrooms

2. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Deafness

3. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Non - discriminatory assessment
Multiple disabilities
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

4. In errorless learning SD stands for?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
discriminatory stimulus
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
no

5. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
visual impairment
negative reinforcement

6. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Deafness
1%
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

7. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
ecological
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
How 504 defines a disability
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

8. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
speech or language impairment
Specific learning disability

9. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
student to student
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

10. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Autism
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
two to nine percent

11. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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12. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
no
Multiple disabilities

13. 504
yes
Emotional disturbance
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

14. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
augmentative communciation
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Specific learning disability

15. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Hear and understand speech
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
an individualized transition plan

16. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
social stories
yes
Autism

17. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
ESEA Act
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

18. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
functional vision assessment
students who are mentally retarded
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

19. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
curriculum based assessment

20. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
categorical approach
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
students who are mentally retarded
ESEA Act

21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Learning disabilities
learning disability
Sixty days
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

22. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IFSP
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

23. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
zero reject
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Stanford 9

24. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Specific learning disability
yes
student to student
they modify students thought patterns

25. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that happened after birth
whole language
students who are mentally retarded

26. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
General education classrooms
IFSP

27. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
mental retardation
try to find appropriate content at grade level
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

28. 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
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Multiple disabilities
delayed language and echolalia

29. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Multiple disabilities
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

30. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
students who are mentally retarded
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
learning disability
Specific learning disability

31. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
General education classrooms
PARC vs. State of Penn

32. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
10 per 10 - 100 children
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
1%
early traumatic experiences

33. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
LRE
Autism
PARC vs. State of Penn
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

34. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
they modify students thought patterns
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
mental retardation

35. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
learned helplessness
compensatory education
not legal
group contingency contracting

36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
hearing loss that happened after birth
augmentative communciation
life space analysis
articulation

37. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
contingency based self - management

38. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
18
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
mental retardation

39. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Emotional disturbance
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

40. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Hear and understand speech
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
speech or language impairment

41. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
compensatory education
medication and a behavior management intervention
IFSP

42. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Autism
functional skills - social skills - career skills
50%
social stories

43. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
developmental
90%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment

44. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Specific learning disability
learned helplessness
life space analysis
where Section 504 comes from

45. 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
1%
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
direct instruction
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

46. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
no
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
IFSP

47. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Non - discriminatory assessment

48. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
where Section 504 comes from
Learning disabilities
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

49. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Multiple disabilities
learned helplessness
18
10 per 10 - 100 children

50. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
18
augmentative communciation
visual impairment
Mental retardation