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Praxis Special Ed

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1. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
LRE
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Curriculum based assessment

2. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
medication and a behavior management intervention

3. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
ther health impairments
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
45%
Fourteen

4. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
10 per 10 - 100 children
where Section 504 comes from
a hearing aid
IFSP

5. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
zero reject
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
LRE

6. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
contingency based self - management
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Stanford 9

7. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
a hearing aid
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

8. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation
direct instruction
an individualized transition plan

9. What causes autism?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
categorical approach
student to student

10. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Fourteen
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

11. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
curriculum based assessment
LRE

12. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
visual impairment
Multiple disabilities
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

13. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
an audiometer
Learning disabilities
90%
negative reinforcement

14. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
an individualized transition plan
Curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

15. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Program first placement second
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

16. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
having them practice filing out job applications
Non - discriminatory assessment

17. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Deafness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Larry P vs. Riles
negative reinforcement

18. 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
21 or younger
ecological
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
hearing loss that was present at birth

19. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
student to student
1%
a hearing aid

20. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
yes
Curriculum based assessment
Autism
50%

21. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
Program first placement second
articulation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

22. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Stanford 9
no
executive functioning

23. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

24. 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
whole language
Orthopedic impairment
no
functional skills - social skills - career skills

25. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

26. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
zero reject
direct instruction
duration recording

27. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
hearing loss that was present at birth
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
mental retardation
early traumatic experiences

28. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

29. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
having them practice filing out job applications
pervasive developmental disorders
ther health impairments

30. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
speech or language impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IFSP

31. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
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
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pervasive developmental disorders

32. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
10 per 10 - 100 children
Deaf - blindness
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

33. What does a cochlear implant do?
Hearing impairment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
having them practice filing out job applications

34. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
mental retardation
speech or language impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

35. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

36. 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
early traumatic experiences
a hearing aid
90%
assistive technology

37. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
group contingency contracting
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
45%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

38. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
having them practice filing out job applications
1%
a hearing aid
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

39. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Deaf - blindness
pervasive developmental disorders
developmental

40. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
the DSM- IV
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Program first placement second
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

41. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
PARC vs. State of Penn
not legal
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

42. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
developmental
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

43. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
whole language
General education classrooms
mental retardation
developmental

44. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
hearing loss that happened after birth
not legal
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

45. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
students who are mentally retarded
Emotional disturbance
yes

46. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment
direct instruction

47. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that happened after birth
discriminatory stimulus
How 504 defines a disability

48. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Procedural safeguards
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

49. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Orthopedic impairment
discriminatory stimulus

50. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
assistive technology
Mental retardation