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Praxis Special Ed
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
group contingency contracting
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
2. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
negative reinforcement
How 504 defines a disability
Traumatic brain injury
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
3. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment
speech or language impairment
no
4. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
ESEA Act
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
compensatory education
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
5. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
yes
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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
6. 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
LRE
try to find appropriate content at grade level
functional skills - social skills - career skills
7. A remedial approach
50%
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
8. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
yes
9. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Emotional disturbance
yes
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
18
10. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
18
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
PARC vs. State of Penn
11. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
delayed language and echolalia
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
12. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Deaf - blindness
students who are mentally retarded
principles of IDEA
13. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan
Curriculum based assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
14. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Learning disabilities
hearing loss that was present at birth
functional vision assessment
15. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
early traumatic experiences
not legal
duration recording
16. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
life space analysis
Procedural safeguards
try to find appropriate content at grade level
17. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
students who are mentally retarded
zero reject
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
18. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Larry P vs. Riles
Specific learning disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
19. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
Specific learning disability
Stanford 9
How 504 defines a disability
20. 504
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hearing impairment
21. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
where Section 504 comes from
articulation
General education classrooms
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
22. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
augmentative communciation
duration recording
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
social stories
23. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
24. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
zero reject
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
student to student
25. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
the Cummins model
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
26. Yes
an audiometer
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
yes
27. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
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 student looking at other students to see what they are doing
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Multiple disabilities
28. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Curriculum based assessment
they modify students thought patterns
executive functioning
a hearing aid
29. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
visual impairment
30. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
medication and a behavior management intervention
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
31. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
ESEA Act
Larry P vs. Riles
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
whole language
32. Name four areas of executive function
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
33. ADHD criteria is defined by
learned helplessness
General education classrooms
the DSM- IV
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
34. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
1%
Learning disabilities
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Council for Exceptional Children
35. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
group contingency contracting
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
36. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
categorical approach
yes
37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
having them practice filing out job applications
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
students who are mentally retarded
38. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
learned helplessness
augmentative communciation
they modify students thought patterns
student to student
39. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Hear and understand speech
learned helplessness
General education classrooms
where Section 504 comes from
40. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
How 504 defines a disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
41. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
they modify students thought patterns
ESEA Act
having them practice filing out job applications
42. Mental retardation originates before what age?
student to student
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
18
functional skills - social skills - career skills
43. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
augmentative communciation
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
negative reinforcement
44. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Program first placement second
45. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
learning disability
General education classrooms
IFSP
46. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Larry P vs. Riles
45%
47. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Deafness
Specific learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
48. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
principles of IDEA
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
ther health impairments
49. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
Curriculum based assessment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Emotional disturbance
50. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
Mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES