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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
they modify students thought patterns
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
contingency based self - management
1%

2. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
where Section 504 comes from
whole language

3. 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
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
1%
visual impairment
group contingency contracting

4. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
not legal
assistive technology
speech or language impairment

5. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Stanford 9
50%
functional vision assessment

6. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

7. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
not legal
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

8. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
yes
mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

9. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
social stories
yes
Deafness

10. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
an audiometer
learned helplessness

11. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Hearing impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
contingency based self - management

12. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
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
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
articulation

13. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
they modify students thought patterns
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
45%
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

14. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
functional vision assessment

15. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

16. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
delayed language and echolalia
not legal
ther health impairments

17. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
speech or language impairment
Program first placement second
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

18. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Deafness
medication and a behavior management intervention
they modify students thought patterns
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

19. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
direct instruction
ESEA Act
not legal
speech or language impairment

20. 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
delayed language and echolalia
Learning disabilities
assistive technology
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

21. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
ther health impairments
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
direct instruction

22. 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
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
direct instruction
where Section 504 comes from
Larry P vs. Riles

23. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation
LRE
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

24. 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
the Cummins model
articulation
yes

25. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
yes
visual impairment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

26. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
student to student
Learning disabilities
contingency based self - management

27. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mental retardation
IFSP

28. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
LRE

29. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Sixty days
PARC vs. State of Penn

30. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Council for Exceptional Children
Deaf - blindness
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

31. What is acquired hearing loss?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
two to nine percent
where Section 504 comes from

32. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
executive functioning
LRE
Stanford 9

33. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
visual impairment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Hear and understand speech

34. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
compensatory education
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two to nine percent

35. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
LRE

36. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
zero reject
Fourteen
students who are mentally retarded

37. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Larry P vs. Riles
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
speech or language impairment

38. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
an audiometer
hearing loss that was present at birth
ESEA Act

39. In errorless learning SD stands for?
Curriculum based assessment
discriminatory stimulus
Deaf - blindness
Program first placement second

40. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Program first placement second
compensatory education
two to nine percent
principles of IDEA

41. 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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ther health impairments
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
ecological

42. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
PARC vs. State of Penn
delayed language and echolalia
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

43. Metacognition is connected to
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
executive functioning
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

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

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45. What are four types of data based decision making?
Orthopedic impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
the Cummins model
functional vision assessment

46. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who are mentally retarded
mental retardation

47. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
mental retardation
Fourteen
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Hear and understand speech

48. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Non - discriminatory assessment
learned helplessness
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
mental retardation

49. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
learned helplessness
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

50. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
10 per 10 - 100 children
yes
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Hearing impairment