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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
direct instruction
articulation
2. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
10 per 10 - 100 children
early traumatic experiences
student to student
3. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Emotional disturbance
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Specific learning disability
group contingency contracting
4. What does a cochlear implant do?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Council for Exceptional Children
5. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
1%
life space analysis
pervasive developmental disorders
6. Specific learning disability
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
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
7. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Program first placement second
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
8. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
visual impairment
Hear and understand speech
9. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
PARC vs. State of Penn
IFSP
Emotional disturbance
10. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
where Section 504 comes from
11. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Multiple disabilities
the DSM- IV
Emotional disturbance
a hearing aid
12. Multiple and severe disabilties
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
speech or language impairment
90%
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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
early traumatic experiences
categorical approach
direct instruction
14. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
they modify students thought patterns
an audiometer
21 or younger
15. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Cummins model
Emotional disturbance
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
16. Spina bifida
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Emotional disturbance
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
17. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
Deaf - blindness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
18. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
executive functioning
pervasive developmental disorders
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
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
19. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
executive functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Procedural safeguards
20. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
contingency based self - management
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
21. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Learning disabilities
visual impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
22. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Mental retardation
whole language
learned helplessness
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
23. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
speech or language impairment
duration recording
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
24. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Council for Exceptional Children
Stanford 9
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
25. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
no
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Program first placement second
26. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
curriculum based assessment
an audiometer
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
27. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Procedural safeguards
an individualized transition plan
social stories
28. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
29. What causes autism?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
direct instruction
30. Metacognition is connected to
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
executive functioning
31. 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
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
mental retardation
executive functioning
32. What is acquired hearing loss?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Sixty days
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that was present at birth
33. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
curriculum based assessment
they modify students thought patterns
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
34. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Council for Exceptional Children
Deafness
categorical approach
35. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Sixty days
assistive technology
IFSP
learned helplessness
36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
articulation
37. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
speech or language impairment
a hearing aid
38. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Traumatic brain injury
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Autism
direct instruction
39. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
Deaf - blindness
whole language
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Program first placement second
40. 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?
Curriculum based assessment
Emotional disturbance
21 or younger
41. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
student to student
45%
Specific learning disability
90%
42. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
students who are mentally retarded
How 504 defines a disability
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
43. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Hearing impairment
students who are mentally retarded
the Cummins model
negative reinforcement
44. '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
PARC vs. State of Penn
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
45. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
How 504 defines a disability
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
46. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
Emotional disturbance
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
medication and a behavior management intervention
life space analysis
47. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
assistive technology
ther health impairments
Hear and understand speech
48. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
PARC vs. State of Penn
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Larry P vs. Riles
49. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
having them practice filing out job applications
yes
21 or younger
50. 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
social stories
assistive technology
Larry P vs. Riles
ESEA Act