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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Deaf - blindness
Emotional disturbance
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Non - discriminatory assessment

2. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
a hearing aid
Curriculum based assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

3. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Program first placement second
compensatory education
General education classrooms

4. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
pervasive developmental disorders
Learning disabilities
medication and a behavior management intervention

5. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IFSP
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

6. 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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
they modify students thought patterns
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
assistive technology

7. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss that happened after birth
two to nine percent

8. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
developmental
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

9. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Specific learning disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
where Section 504 comes from

10. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
How 504 defines a disability
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

11. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
45%
life space analysis
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
50%

12. What does outer - directedness mean?
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
18
speech or language impairment

13. 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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Learning disabilities
direct instruction
45%

14. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
General education classrooms

15. Metacognition is connected to
Deaf - blindness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
they modify students thought patterns
executive functioning

16. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
not legal
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

17. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Hearing impairment
21 or younger
medication and a behavior management intervention

18. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

19. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
functional vision assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

20. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
categorical approach
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
speech or language impairment
direct instruction

21. Birthplace of FAPE
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
curriculum based assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn

22. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
Hear and understand speech
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

23. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Larry P vs. Riles
Autism
principles of IDEA
curriculum based assessment

24. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
learned helplessness
Emotional disturbance
augmentative communciation

25. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
discriminatory stimulus
Deaf - blindness
having them practice filing out job applications
early traumatic experiences

26. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Multiple disabilities
not legal
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
speech or language impairment

27. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
a hearing aid
Council for Exceptional Children
curriculum based assessment
no

28. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
18
Procedural safeguards
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

29. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
a hearing aid
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
1%

30. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Sixty days
Multiple disabilities
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
social stories

31. Spina bifida
functional skills - social skills - career skills
learning disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

32. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
they modify students thought patterns
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
How 504 defines a disability
Emotional disturbance

33. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
the Cummins model
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
negative reinforcement
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

34. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
yes
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Fourteen
Mental retardation

35. What is the prevalence of autism?
Specific learning disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
10 per 10 - 100 children
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

36. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
augmentative communciation
contingency based self - management
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

37. 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
zero reject
Autism
learned helplessness

38. What causes autism?
negative reinforcement
social stories
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that happened after birth

39. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
General education classrooms
where Section 504 comes from
Orthopedic impairment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

40. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
zero reject
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
the DSM- IV

41. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
curriculum based assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
90%

42. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Procedural safeguards

43. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
no
visual impairment
LRE
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

44. Share the responsibility for the students education
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Fourteen
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
18

45. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
developmental
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
the DSM- IV

46. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
50%
Hearing impairment

47. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
Learning disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children
Program first placement second

48. Name four areas of executive function
principles of IDEA
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
ther health impairments
student to student

49. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
try to find appropriate content at grade level

50. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
compensatory education
mental retardation
they modify students thought patterns
ther health impairments