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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

2. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders
learning disability
curriculum based assessment

3. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
zero reject
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ecological

4. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
having them practice filing out job applications
Orthopedic impairment
50%
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

5. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
hearing loss that happened after birth
How 504 defines a disability
no

6. What does a cochlear implant do?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
whole language
where Section 504 comes from
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

7. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
10 per 10 - 100 children
Multiple disabilities
articulation
students who are mentally retarded

8. Specific learning disability
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
social stories
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

9. 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
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
student to student

10. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
not legal
Emotional disturbance

11. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
1%
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
General education classrooms

12. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
no
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
where Section 504 comes from
functional skills - social skills - career skills

13. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

14. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
How 504 defines a disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
a hearing aid
contingency based self - management

15. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
functional vision assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
delayed language and echolalia

16. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Hear and understand speech

17. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
they modify students thought patterns

18. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Council for Exceptional Children
life space analysis
LRE
students who are mentally retarded

19. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
45%
Stanford 9
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Non - discriminatory assessment

20. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
visual impairment
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
delayed language and echolalia

21. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Council for Exceptional Children
Hear and understand speech
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
How 504 defines a disability

22. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
visual impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

23. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
executive functioning
ther health impairments
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Specific learning disability

24. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
student to student
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

25. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
medication and a behavior management intervention
1%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
the Cummins model

26. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Procedural safeguards
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Non - discriminatory assessment
whole language

27. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
negative reinforcement
early traumatic experiences
90%

28. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
LRE
ESEA Act
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

29. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Deafness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

30. Multiple and severe disabilties
Mental retardation
ecological
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
yes

31. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Larry P vs. Riles
Learning disabilities
10 per 10 - 100 children
21 or younger

32. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
an audiometer
Specific learning disability

33. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
How 504 defines a disability
where Section 504 comes from
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

34. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
learned helplessness
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

35. 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
assistive technology
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
the DSM- IV
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

36. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
the DSM- IV
Emotional disturbance
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Traumatic brain injury

37. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that was present at birth
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

38. 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
augmentative communciation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
whole language
1%

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
Orthopedic impairment
ther health impairments
functional skills - social skills - career skills
developmental

40. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
21 or younger
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
functional skills - social skills - career skills

41. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
try to find appropriate content at grade level
direct instruction
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

42. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
executive functioning
PARC vs. State of Penn
How 504 defines a disability

43. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
Hearing impairment
mental retardation
Program first placement second
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

44. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
yes

45. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
curriculum based assessment
yes
Autism

46. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Hear and understand speech
learning disability

47. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Larry P vs. Riles
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
pervasive developmental disorders

48. Birthplace of FAPE
not legal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
PARC vs. State of Penn
1%

49. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
General education classrooms
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

50. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Sixty days
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments