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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation






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






3. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both






4. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?






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






6. What does congenital hearing loss mean?






7. What is conductive hearing loss?






8. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to






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






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






11. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes






12. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?






13. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?






14. 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






15. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974






16. What does outer - directedness mean?






17. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences






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






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






20. Share the responsibility for the students education






21. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called






22. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment






23. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






24. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...






25. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease






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






27. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?






28. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education






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






30. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior






31. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as






32. A remedial approach






33. Name four areas of executive function






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






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






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






37. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs






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






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






40. 504






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






42. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing






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






44. 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?






45. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






46. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?






47. How a child's life experiences effect his learning






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






49. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a






50. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...