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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
ther health impairments
early traumatic experiences
medication and a behavior management intervention
executive functioning

2. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
pervasive developmental disorders
learning disability

3. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
50%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Autism
Deaf - blindness

4. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
90%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deafness
ecological

5. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
50%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

6. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
a hearing aid
Council for Exceptional Children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
zero reject

7. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
yes
Sixty days
Orthopedic impairment
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

8. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
where Section 504 comes from
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
ESEA Act
learned helplessness

9. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
yes
Fourteen
Hear and understand speech

10. Birthplace of FAPE
Autism
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
PARC vs. State of Penn

11. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
yes

12. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
duration recording
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
the DSM- IV

13. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
no
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

14. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
mental retardation
Multiple disabilities
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
categorical approach

15. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
augmentative communciation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Specific learning disability
an individualized transition plan

16. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
curriculum based assessment
Deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

17. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
an audiometer
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

18. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
curriculum based assessment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IFSP
Curriculum based assessment

19. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

20. What is acquired hearing loss?
ecological
principles of IDEA
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss that happened after birth

21. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
50%
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
the Cummins model
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

23. What does outer - directedness mean?
not legal
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
General education classrooms
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

24. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
an audiometer
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
90%

25. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
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
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
principles of IDEA
mental retardation

26. 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
compensatory education
Program first placement second
Specific learning disability

27. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
ther health impairments
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
not legal
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

28. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
21 or younger
Curriculum based assessment
visual impairment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

29. 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
no
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

30. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
Multiple disabilities
Stanford 9

31. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
LRE
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
contingency based self - management
the DSM- IV

32. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pervasive developmental disorders
How 504 defines a disability

33. What is CLOZE procedure?
Hear and understand speech
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
principles of IDEA
Emotional disturbance

34. What causes autism?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Deaf - blindness

35. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
ther health impairments
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
LRE

36. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
functional skills - social skills - career skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
duration recording

37. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
mental retardation

38. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Deafness
Program first placement second
Traumatic brain injury
an audiometer

39. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Deaf - blindness
early traumatic experiences
Hearing impairment
LRE

40. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
IFSP
90%
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
functional vision assessment

41. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Non - discriminatory assessment

42. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

43. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Specific learning disability
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

44. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Autism
an individualized transition plan
90%
two to nine percent

45. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Larry P vs. Riles
whole language
a hearing aid
the Cummins model

46. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
no
zero reject

47. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
50%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Deaf - blindness
mental retardation

48. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Non - discriminatory assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Emotional disturbance

49. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
whole language
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Emotional disturbance
ESEA Act

50. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
1%
Traumatic brain injury
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
no