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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
functional vision assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Curriculum based assessment

2. ADHD criteria is defined by
social stories
1%
How 504 defines a disability
the DSM- IV

3. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
zero reject
Hear and understand speech

4. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
90%
ESEA Act
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

5. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
IFSP
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
mental retardation

6. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
principles of IDEA
90%
augmentative communciation
functional vision assessment

7. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
life space analysis
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
10 per 10 - 100 children

8. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
whole language
hearing loss that was present at birth
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
contingency based self - management

9. Spina bifida
mental retardation
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
a hearing aid
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

10. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
learned helplessness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

11. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
the Cummins model
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
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

12. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Larry P vs. Riles
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
student to student

13. Metacognition is connected to
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
executive functioning
students who are mentally retarded

14. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
early traumatic experiences
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Curriculum based assessment

15. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

16. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Stanford 9
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Deafness

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
no
compensatory education
functional skills - social skills - career skills

18. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
direct instruction
pervasive developmental disorders

19. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
Specific learning disability
Deaf - blindness
contingency based self - management

20. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
50%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Stanford 9
Specific learning disability

21. Name four areas of executive function
developmental
an audiometer
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
a hearing aid

22. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
direct instruction
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
contingency based self - management

23. Birthplace of FAPE
having them practice filing out job applications
PARC vs. State of Penn
LRE
discriminatory stimulus

24. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

25. Learners with disabilities have opportunities to achieve commensurate with their peers

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26. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

27. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Fourteen
discriminatory stimulus
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

28. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
medication and a behavior management intervention
where Section 504 comes from
Multiple disabilities
functional vision assessment

29. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Emotional disturbance
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
zero reject

30. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Specific learning disability
functional vision assessment

31. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Larry P vs. Riles
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Multiple disabilities
negative reinforcement

32. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
having them practice filing out job applications
two to nine percent
duration recording
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

33. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Non - discriminatory assessment

34. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Autism
social stories
mental retardation
Traumatic brain injury

35. What causes autism?
students who are mentally retarded
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
categorical approach
ESEA Act

36. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
try to find appropriate content at grade level
categorical approach

37. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
whole language
articulation
pervasive developmental disorders
Non - discriminatory assessment

38. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
visual impairment
Procedural safeguards
life space analysis
Emotional disturbance

39. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Mental retardation
mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
assistive technology

40. What does FVA stand for?
Deafness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
functional vision assessment

41. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
pervasive developmental disorders
IFSP

42. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
learned helplessness
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Program first placement second
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

43. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Procedural safeguards
LRE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

44. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
delayed language and echolalia
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
students who are mentally retarded

45. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
Non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

46. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Emotional disturbance
visual impairment

47. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
direct instruction

48. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

49. What is CLOZE procedure?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Traumatic brain injury

50. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
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
categorical approach
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs