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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
an individualized transition plan
student to student
Traumatic brain injury

2. 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
whole language
Emotional disturbance
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

3. In errorless learning SD stands for?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
developmental
discriminatory stimulus
Orthopedic impairment

4. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
an individualized transition plan
augmentative communciation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

5. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
not legal
curriculum based assessment

6. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth

7. The approach that categorizes exceptionality as the statistical degree to which an individual deviates from the average in terms of cognitive - social - emotional - and physical abilities is called
yes
Emotional disturbance
curriculum based assessment
developmental

8. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Emotional disturbance
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

9. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
medication and a behavior management intervention
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
principles of IDEA
articulation

10. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
they modify students thought patterns
mental retardation
LRE
not legal

11. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Traumatic brain injury
Fourteen
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

12. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Learning disabilities
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
no
hearing loss that was present at birth

13. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
not legal
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
social stories

14. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Deaf - blindness
Hear and understand speech
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Larry P vs. Riles

15. ADHD criteria is defined by
IFSP
social stories
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that was present at birth

16. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional skills - social skills - career skills
an individualized transition plan
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

17. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Non - discriminatory assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

18. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
an individualized transition plan
categorical approach
Deafness

19. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
delayed language and echolalia
1%
LRE

20. What is the prevalence of autism?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
medication and a behavior management intervention
10 per 10 - 100 children
Specific learning disability

21. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
the DSM- IV
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
45%

22. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IFSP
compensatory education
developmental

23. What percent of the population was ADHD?
Hearing impairment
mental retardation
two to nine percent
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

24. Share the responsibility for the students education
PARC vs. State of Penn
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

25. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
hearing loss that happened after birth
50%
learning disability
augmentative communciation

26. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
curriculum based assessment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

27. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Fourteen
yes
early traumatic experiences
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

28. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
discriminatory stimulus
1%
ther health impairments

29. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
they modify students thought patterns
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders
Curriculum based assessment

30. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Autism

31. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
articulation
not legal
hearing loss that happened after birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

32. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ecological

33. 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
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
ecological

34. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
not legal
Fourteen
medication and a behavior management intervention
90%

35. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
curriculum based assessment
Autism
Multiple disabilities
where Section 504 comes from

36. Specific learning disability
Autism
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
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
Hear and understand speech

37. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
1%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

38. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
duration recording
Deaf - blindness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

39. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Multiple disabilities
medication and a behavior management intervention
zero reject
delayed language and echolalia

40. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
executive functioning
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

41. 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
45%
direct instruction
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Hear and understand speech

42. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
hearing loss that was present at birth
Procedural safeguards
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
speech or language impairment

43. What is acquired hearing loss?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
learning disability
General education classrooms
hearing loss that happened after birth

44. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Traumatic brain injury
learned helplessness
duration recording

45. Birthplace of FAPE
Larry P vs. Riles
where Section 504 comes from
negative reinforcement
PARC vs. State of Penn

46. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
categorical approach
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who are mentally retarded
Specific learning disability

47. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Autism
social stories
a hearing aid

48. What is CLOZE procedure?
Multiple disabilities
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

49. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

50. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
General education classrooms
direct instruction
contingency based self - management