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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A model used with ESL and deaf students






2. Asperger Syndrome is defined as






3. How does deafness connect to IDEA?






4. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?






5. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






6. What instrument do we use to test hearing?






7. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as






8. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?






9. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?






10. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests






11. What does a cochlear implant do?






12. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a






13. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction






14. Multiple and severe disabilties






15. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors






16. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE






17. What is acquired hearing loss?






18. communication disorders or language or voice impairments






19. A remedial approach






20. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?






21. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...






22. 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?






23. 504






24. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience






25. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...






26. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation






27. Mental retardation originates before what age?






28. What does outer - directedness mean?






29. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?






30. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the






31. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?






32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?






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






34. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and






35. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...






36. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness






37. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?






38. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to






39. 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






40. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?






41. 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






42. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...






43. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities






44. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior






45. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?






46. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication






47. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum






48. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of






49. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education






50. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers