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Praxis Special Ed

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1. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Emotional disturbance
augmentative communciation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

2. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
articulation
Fourteen
functional vision assessment

3. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
life space analysis
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
contingency based self - management
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

4. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
Fourteen

5. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
no

6. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Non - discriminatory assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
Traumatic brain injury
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

7. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mental retardation
student to student
life space analysis

8. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
How 504 defines a disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
an audiometer

9. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
an individualized transition plan
Stanford 9
Emotional disturbance
not legal

10. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
the Cummins model
direct instruction

11. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Deafness
Hear and understand speech
an individualized transition plan
10 per 10 - 100 children

12. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
visual impairment
developmental
direct instruction

13. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
IFSP
45%
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

14. What does adaptive behavior mean?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Traumatic brain injury
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
group contingency contracting

15. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
zero reject
principles of IDEA
Deaf - blindness
speech or language impairment

16. 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
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
learned helplessness

17. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
delayed language and echolalia
ther health impairments
pervasive developmental disorders
categorical approach

18. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two to nine percent
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
social stories

19. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
delayed language and echolalia

20. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Specific learning disability
yes
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

21. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
18
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
where Section 504 comes from

22. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
developmental
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
they modify students thought patterns

23. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
articulation
hearing loss that happened after birth
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
principles of IDEA

24. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
the Cummins model
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
How 504 defines a disability

25. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
speech or language impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
whole language
ther health impairments

26. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
Deafness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

27. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
an individualized transition plan
categorical approach
Sixty days

28. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
learned helplessness
Deaf - blindness
LRE

29. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Stanford 9

30. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Hearing impairment
Stanford 9
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
principles of IDEA

31. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
visual impairment
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
ecological
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

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

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33. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
delayed language and echolalia
discriminatory stimulus
18
where Section 504 comes from

34. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
IFSP
Autism
executive functioning

35. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
duration recording
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

36. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
principles of IDEA
General education classrooms

37. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
executive functioning
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

38. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

39. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
no
early traumatic experiences

40. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
45%

41. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
learned helplessness
medication and a behavior management intervention
compensatory education
hearing loss that was present at birth

42. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
augmentative communciation
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Deaf - blindness

43. What does FVA stand for?
Curriculum based assessment
functional vision assessment
learned helplessness
ecological

44. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
having them practice filing out job applications
Learning disabilities
try to find appropriate content at grade level

45. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
discriminatory stimulus
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Non - discriminatory assessment

46. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Learning disabilities
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

47. Share the responsibility for the students education
executive functioning
Deafness
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
early traumatic experiences

48. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
Hear and understand speech
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
90%

49. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
delayed language and echolalia
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

50. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
two to nine percent
zero reject
Procedural safeguards
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?