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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?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
medication and a behavior management intervention
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

2. 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
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Deafness
Hearing impairment

3. What is conductive hearing loss?
LRE
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Learning disabilities

4. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Larry P vs. Riles
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
General education classrooms

5. Name four areas of executive function
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Orthopedic impairment
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
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

6. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Procedural safeguards
PARC vs. State of Penn
no

7. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
pervasive developmental disorders
90%
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
life space analysis

8. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
direct instruction
IFSP
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

9. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Sixty days
having them practice filing out job applications
Emotional disturbance

10. What is acquired hearing loss?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss that happened after birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

11. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
not legal

12. What are four types of data based decision making?
having them practice filing out job applications
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
ecological
social stories

13. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
ecological
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
mental retardation

14. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that happened after birth
two to nine percent

15. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Hearing impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IFSP

16. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
50%
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

17. Yes
direct instruction
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Sixty days
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

18. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
categorical approach
IFSP
Multiple disabilities

19. 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
Learning disabilities
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
whole language
Multiple disabilities

20. Specific learning disability
Multiple disabilities
Stanford 9
Council for Exceptional Children
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

21. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
duration recording

22. 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
10 per 10 - 100 children
learning disability
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
direct instruction

23. What percent of the population was ADHD?
learning disability
two to nine percent
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

24. 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
direct instruction
IFSP
Deafness
assistive technology

25. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
1%
visual impairment
Emotional disturbance
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

26. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
student to student
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
developmental

27. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
ecological
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
functional vision assessment

28. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Stanford 9

29. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
group contingency contracting
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
developmental

30. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
two to nine percent
assistive technology
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

31. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mental retardation
principles of IDEA
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

32. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
compensatory education

33. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Deaf - blindness
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

34. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that happened after birth
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

35. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
IFSP
Deaf - blindness
delayed language and echolalia
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

36. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
functional skills - social skills - career skills
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

37. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
medication and a behavior management intervention
yes
Fourteen

38. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
executive functioning
visual impairment
Autism
learned helplessness

39. 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?
speech or language impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
try to find appropriate content at grade level
not legal

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

41. 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
contingency based self - management
they modify students thought patterns
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

42. What causes autism?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
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
two to nine percent
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

43. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

44. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Larry P vs. Riles
the Cummins model

45. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Orthopedic impairment
Fourteen
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

46. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Larry P vs. Riles
an audiometer
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

47. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
whole language
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

48. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
articulation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

49. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Traumatic brain injury
try to find appropriate content at grade level
having them practice filing out job applications

50. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
mental retardation
not legal
ESEA Act