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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
developmental
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
1%

2. What is the prevalence of autism?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
10 per 10 - 100 children
Hearing impairment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

3. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
duration recording
curriculum based assessment

4. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
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
visual impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Multiple disabilities

5. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
curriculum based assessment

6. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
categorical approach
the DSM- IV

7. Mental retardation originates before what age?
having them practice filing out job applications
18
students who are mentally retarded
executive functioning

8. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

9. 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?
ther health impairments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
try to find appropriate content at grade level

10. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
life space analysis
principles of IDEA
they modify students thought patterns

11. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
principles of IDEA
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
visual impairment
zero reject

12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

13. A remedial approach
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

14. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
45%
Emotional disturbance
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
functional skills - social skills - career skills

15. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
no

16. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Specific learning disability

17. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
no
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

18. What percent of the population was ADHD?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
early traumatic experiences
two to nine percent
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

19. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Stanford 9
Emotional disturbance
Fourteen

20. 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
ther health impairments
10 per 10 - 100 children
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

21. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
two to nine percent
Council for Exceptional Children
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

22. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Autism

23. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
functional vision assessment
Council for Exceptional Children
functional skills - social skills - career skills

24. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Emotional disturbance
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
speech or language 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

25. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
duration recording
1%
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
articulation

26. 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
hearing loss that happened after birth
developmental
Fourteen
principles of IDEA

27. Share the responsibility for the students education
group contingency contracting
categorical approach
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

28. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
group contingency contracting
speech or language impairment
LRE
Council for Exceptional Children

29. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
contingency based self - management
yes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
compensatory education

30. What does adaptive behavior mean?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
90%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

31. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Traumatic brain injury

32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
yes
yes
early traumatic experiences
social stories

33. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
whole language
Emotional disturbance
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
90%

34. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
learned helplessness
ther health impairments
life space analysis
the Cummins model

35. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
visual impairment
Learning disabilities
PARC vs. State of Penn
categorical approach

36. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
hearing loss that was present at birth
Fourteen
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
50%

37. What does outer - directedness mean?
functional vision assessment
50%
an audiometer
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

38. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
contingency based self - management
Mental retardation
Deaf - blindness

39. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
Hear and understand speech
21 or younger
Multiple disabilities

40. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
1%
delayed language and echolalia
pervasive developmental disorders
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

41. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
Larry P vs. Riles
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

42. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Emotional disturbance

43. What is acquired hearing loss?
Deaf - blindness
Sixty days
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
hearing loss that happened after birth

44. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ecological
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

45. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
mental retardation
delayed language and echolalia

46. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
LRE
no
1%

47. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Hear and understand speech

48. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
whole language
curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

49. 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
whole language
18
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

50. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes
Autism
negative reinforcement