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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Traumatic brain injury
delayed language and echolalia

2. What is the prevalence of autism?
life space analysis
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
10 per 10 - 100 children
45%

3. Name four areas of executive function
ecological
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

4. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
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
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

5. Specific learning disability
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
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
principles of IDEA

6. Yes
augmentative communciation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
developmental
compensatory education

7. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
visual impairment

8. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
45%
ESEA Act
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

9. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

10. What does outer - directedness mean?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
18

11. 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
Traumatic brain injury
whole language
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
compensatory education

12. In errorless learning SD stands for?
student to student
Deafness
Multiple disabilities
discriminatory stimulus

13. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
articulation
1%
medication and a behavior management intervention
How 504 defines a disability

14. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Stanford 9
learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
categorical approach

16. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
ESEA Act
ecological
Fourteen

17. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
discriminatory stimulus
Fourteen
having them practice filing out job applications
pervasive developmental disorders

18. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
not legal
Larry P vs. Riles
Deaf - blindness
How 504 defines a disability

19. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
having them practice filing out job applications
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learned helplessness
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

20. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Emotional disturbance
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
having them practice filing out job applications
where Section 504 comes from

21. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Learning disabilities

22. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
90%
LRE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

23. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Autism
21 or younger
50%

24. What is CLOZE procedure?
yes
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

25. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Council for Exceptional Children
student to student

26. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
functional skills - social skills - career skills
90%
try to find appropriate content at grade level

27. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the DSM- IV
the Cummins model
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Emotional disturbance

28. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
delayed language and echolalia
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

29. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
learned helplessness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
speech or language impairment

30. What does adaptive behavior mean?
18
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
mental retardation

31. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
PARC vs. State of Penn
50%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

32. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
Program first placement second
mental retardation
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

33. A remedial approach
Emotional disturbance
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

34. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Program first placement second
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
1%

35. 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?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Curriculum based assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
student to student
Specific learning disability

37. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
functional vision assessment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
compensatory education
1%

38. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Curriculum based assessment
Stanford 9
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Hearing impairment

39. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms
no
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

40. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
where Section 504 comes from
speech or language impairment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
pervasive developmental disorders

41. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
contingency based self - management

42. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

43. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
a hearing aid
Deafness

44. 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
Traumatic brain injury
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ecological
Fourteen

45. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
45%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
zero reject
Council for Exceptional Children

46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
mental retardation
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

47. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Stanford 9
assistive technology

48. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
they modify students thought patterns
21 or younger
compensatory education

49. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
not legal
discriminatory stimulus
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

50. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Procedural safeguards
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
curriculum based assessment