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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Council for Exceptional Children
try to find appropriate content at grade level
compensatory education
Deaf - blindness

2. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
functional skills - social skills - career skills
an individualized transition plan
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Fourteen

3. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
hearing loss that happened after birth
group contingency contracting
Program first placement second
Orthopedic impairment

4. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
students who are mentally retarded
Hearing impairment
Fourteen

5. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Deaf - blindness

6. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
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
10 per 10 - 100 children
principles of IDEA
an audiometer

7. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learning disability

8. What is the prevalence of autism?
where Section 504 comes from
10 per 10 - 100 children
students who are mentally retarded
the DSM- IV

9. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
visual impairment
social stories

10. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
yes
Hear and understand speech
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Non - discriminatory assessment

11. Specific learning disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
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 vision loss after a person had normal vision
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

12. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
learned helplessness
50%

13. What does adaptive behavior mean?
1%
the DSM- IV
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

14. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
developmental
Council for Exceptional Children
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
not legal

15. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
mental retardation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

16. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
Learning disabilities
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
duration recording
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

17. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
no
the DSM- IV
Traumatic brain injury
try to find appropriate content at grade level

18. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
speech or language impairment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
augmentative communciation

19. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
augmentative communciation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

20. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Specific learning disability
two to nine percent
visual impairment

21. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Orthopedic impairment
a hearing aid
10 per 10 - 100 children

22. 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
life space analysis
try to find appropriate content at grade level
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

23. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
1%
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
speech or language impairment
Deaf - blindness

24. What is CLOZE procedure?
discriminatory stimulus
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
they modify students thought patterns

25. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
contingency based self - management
curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

26. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
whole language
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
ecological

27. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Sixty days
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Stanford 9
pervasive developmental disorders

28. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
an individualized transition plan
pervasive developmental disorders
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

29. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
an individualized transition plan
Autism
mental retardation

30. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
yes
Fourteen
1%

31. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
learned helplessness
learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

32. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
an individualized transition plan
the Cummins model
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment

33. What causes autism?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
18
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

34. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Fourteen
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
group contingency contracting
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

35. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
an individualized transition plan
group contingency contracting
Larry P vs. Riles

36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
ther health impairments
life space analysis
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

37. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Learning disabilities
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

38. 504
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that happened after birth
speech or language impairment

39. Name four areas of executive function
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
negative reinforcement

40. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ther health impairments
Deafness
Mental retardation

41. 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
ecological
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Program first placement second

42. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
learning disability
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Deafness

43. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Deaf - blindness
Learning disabilities
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

44. Spina bifida
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hearing impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
50%

45. What does outer - directedness mean?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Orthopedic impairment
curriculum based assessment

46. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

47. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
contingency based self - management

48. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
executive functioning
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

49. 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
an individualized transition plan
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

50. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hear and understand speech
a hearing aid