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Praxis Special Ed

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1. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
two to nine percent
functional vision assessment
Hearing impairment
1%

2. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
social stories
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

3. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hearing impairment

4. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
21 or younger
Mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
direct instruction

5. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
PARC vs. State of Penn
negative reinforcement
Traumatic brain injury

6. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
45%
Specific learning disability
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

7. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Autism
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Curriculum based assessment

8. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Deaf - blindness

9. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
IFSP
assistive technology

10. What is CLOZE procedure?
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
Multiple disabilities
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
PARC vs. State of Penn

11. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
yes
mental retardation

12. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
visual impairment

13. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
not legal
zero reject

14. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
yes
life space analysis
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

15. 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
ecological
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
direct instruction
discriminatory stimulus

16. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
ther health impairments

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
executive functioning
Stanford 9
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
functional skills - social skills - career skills

18. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
pervasive developmental disorders
they modify students thought patterns
early traumatic experiences
1%

19. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
not legal
Learning disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

20. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
having them practice filing out job applications
assistive technology

21. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
direct instruction
Multiple disabilities
no
Program first placement second

22. ADHD criteria is defined by
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
direct instruction
the DSM- IV

23. Share the responsibility for the students education
contingency based self - management
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Deafness

24. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
direct instruction
having them practice filing out job applications
Traumatic brain injury
10 per 10 - 100 children

25. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
How 504 defines a disability
ESEA Act
curriculum based assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

26. In errorless learning SD stands for?
direct instruction
discriminatory stimulus
not legal
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

27. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
principles of IDEA
discriminatory stimulus
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

28. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Emotional disturbance
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

29. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Deafness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
yes
Procedural safeguards

30. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
1%
Council for Exceptional Children
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Program first placement second

31. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
having them practice filing out job applications
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
they modify students thought patterns
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

32. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
Mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
direct instruction
90%

33. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
discriminatory stimulus
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

34. What does adaptive behavior mean?
mental retardation
Program first placement second
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
life space analysis

35. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
an individualized transition plan
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

36. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
learning disability
an individualized transition plan
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

37. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders
speech or language impairment
Specific learning disability

38. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
ecological
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
How 504 defines a disability
mental retardation

39. What is conductive hearing loss?
learning disability
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
General education classrooms
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

40. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Learning disabilities
ecological
having them practice filing out job applications

41. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
compensatory education
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

42. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
pervasive developmental disorders
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
discriminatory stimulus

43. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
articulation
yes
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

44. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
whole language
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
augmentative communciation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
learned helplessness
students who are mentally retarded
articulation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

46. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
1%
Council for Exceptional Children
90%
Stanford 9

47. What is acquired hearing loss?
hearing loss that happened after birth
students who are mentally retarded
Non - discriminatory assessment
Hear and understand speech

48. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
Emotional disturbance
21 or younger
PARC vs. State of Penn
articulation

49. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
they modify students thought patterns
yes
curriculum based assessment
duration recording

50. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
21 or younger
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Emotional disturbance