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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. 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
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ecological
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
2. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
an individualized transition plan
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
3. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
45%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
LRE
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
4. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
delayed language and echolalia
students who are mentally retarded
Emotional disturbance
5. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
visual impairment
How 504 defines a disability
duration recording
Curriculum based assessment
6. 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
ESEA Act
they modify students thought patterns
whole language
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
7. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Procedural safeguards
ther health impairments
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Emotional disturbance
8. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
contingency based self - management
where Section 504 comes from
articulation
ther health impairments
9. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
categorical approach
10. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
early traumatic experiences
ESEA Act
visual impairment
11. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Autism
Learning disabilities
12. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Emotional disturbance
PARC vs. State of Penn
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
13. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
social stories
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
where Section 504 comes from
14. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
whole language
hearing loss that happened after birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
15. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IFSP
they modify students thought patterns
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
16. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Sixty days
17. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
delayed language and echolalia
18. What does outer - directedness mean?
Emotional disturbance
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
19. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
90%
LRE
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
life space analysis
20. What is conductive hearing loss?
developmental
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
IFSP
21. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Multiple disabilities
IFSP
22. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Specific learning disability
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
23. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
students who are mentally retarded
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Non - discriminatory assessment
24. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
having them practice filing out job applications
25. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Program first placement second
Mental retardation
26. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Hearing impairment
curriculum based assessment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
ESEA Act
27. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
two to nine percent
Deafness
Specific learning disability
28. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation
yes
29. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
18
30. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
learned helplessness
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
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
31. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
contingency based self - management
Procedural safeguards
32. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
students who are mentally retarded
a hearing aid
33. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
18
ther health impairments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
34. What are four types of data based decision making?
hearing loss that happened after birth
learning disability
visual impairment
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
35. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
compensatory education
principles of IDEA
Autism
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
36. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
How 504 defines a disability
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Procedural safeguards
curriculum based assessment
37. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
no
Deafness
Specific learning disability
38. 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
Curriculum based assessment
group contingency contracting
assistive technology
39. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
duration recording
Fourteen
early traumatic experiences
Deaf - blindness
40. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Procedural safeguards
hearing loss that was present at birth
41. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
principles of IDEA
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
42. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
augmentative communciation
curriculum based assessment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
43. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
the Cummins model
categorical approach
44. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
group contingency contracting
Curriculum based assessment
Mental retardation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
45. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hearing impairment
46. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
compensatory education
47. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Orthopedic impairment
negative reinforcement
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
yes
48. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
not legal
49. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
50. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
mental retardation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?