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Praxis Special Ed

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1. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
principles of IDEA
zero reject
yes

2. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
developmental
Stanford 9
1%

3. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

4. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
an individualized transition plan
pervasive developmental disorders
ther health impairments
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

5. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
Specific learning disability

6. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
18

7. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Autism
early traumatic experiences
50%
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

8. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
General education classrooms
augmentative communciation
18
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

9. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
Procedural safeguards
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

10. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
augmentative communciation
LRE
an audiometer
visual impairment

11. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
18
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

12. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
IFSP
90%
principles of IDEA
Deaf - blindness

13. What causes autism?
Hear and understand speech
contingency based self - management
45%
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

14. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
mental retardation
ther health impairments
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
articulation

15. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
they modify students thought patterns
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

16. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
they modify students thought patterns
where Section 504 comes from
learned helplessness

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
the Cummins model
IFSP
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
functional skills - social skills - career skills

18. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
General education classrooms
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
IFSP

19. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
the DSM- IV
the Cummins model
a hearing aid

20. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
social stories
curriculum based assessment
the DSM- IV

21. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
contingency based self - management
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards

22. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
learned helplessness
social stories
Program first placement second

23. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
executive functioning
negative reinforcement
hearing loss that was present at birth
whole language

24. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Deafness

25. Yes
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Hear and understand speech
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

26. What is CLOZE procedure?
yes
LRE
Fourteen
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

27. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
delayed language and echolalia
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Autism
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

28. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Larry P vs. Riles

29. What are four types of data based decision making?
LRE
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
augmentative communciation
an audiometer

30. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Learning disabilities
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Specific learning disability

31. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

32. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
articulation
50%
executive functioning

33. Mental retardation originates before what age?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
articulation
Non - discriminatory assessment
18

34. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Stanford 9
categorical approach
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
life space analysis

35. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
articulation
Non - discriminatory assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

36. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
two to nine percent
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

37. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
zero reject
Council for Exceptional Children
yes

38. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the DSM- IV
ESEA Act

39. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Hearing impairment
categorical approach
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

40. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
LRE
Hear and understand speech
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

41. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
the Cummins model
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Mental retardation

42. What is the prevalence of autism?
Orthopedic impairment
mental retardation
Program first placement second
10 per 10 - 100 children

43. 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
direct instruction
zero reject
IFSP
visual impairment

44. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Orthopedic impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

45. Birthplace of FAPE
pervasive developmental disorders
PARC vs. State of Penn
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
group contingency contracting

46. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
Procedural safeguards
speech or language impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

47. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
45%
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

48. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
visual impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

49. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Autism
where Section 504 comes from
Fourteen
visual impairment

50. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
duration recording
ecological
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
50%