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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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teaching
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
zero reject
discriminatory stimulus
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
2. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
IFSP
Council for Exceptional Children
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
augmentative communciation
3. What is acquired hearing loss?
45%
assistive technology
yes
hearing loss that happened after birth
4. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
18
group contingency contracting
a hearing aid
5. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
early traumatic experiences
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
assistive technology
50%
6. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
executive functioning
delayed language and echolalia
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
students who are mentally retarded
7. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
life space analysis
Orthopedic impairment
Council for Exceptional Children
student to student
8. What is conductive hearing loss?
zero reject
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Stanford 9
9. What percent of the population was ADHD?
two to nine percent
early traumatic experiences
Emotional disturbance
yes
10. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
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
Orthopedic impairment
Traumatic brain injury
11. A model used with ESL and deaf students
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the Cummins model
Hearing impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
12. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
developmental
mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
13. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Procedural safeguards
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
14. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
zero reject
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Curriculum based assessment
15. Spina bifida
Traumatic brain injury
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss that was present at birth
ecological
16. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Non - discriminatory assessment
they modify students thought patterns
IFSP
17. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
student to student
yes
hearing loss that was present at birth
discriminatory stimulus
18. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
assistive technology
zero reject
where Section 504 comes from
Mental retardation
19. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
ther health impairments
contingency based self - management
Hear and understand speech
20. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
student to student
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
no
21. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
negative reinforcement
22. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Hearing impairment
duration recording
learning disability
23. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
not legal
24. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
an audiometer
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
25. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
executive functioning
Multiple disabilities
a hearing aid
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
26. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Emotional disturbance
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
45%
27. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
learning disability
Mental retardation
ESEA Act
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
28. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Hear and understand speech
contingency based self - management
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
yes
29. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Emotional disturbance
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
30. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
life space analysis
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
whole language
31. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
hearing loss that was present at birth
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
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
32. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
try to find appropriate content at grade level
categorical approach
33. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
students who are mentally retarded
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Non - discriminatory assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
34. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
early traumatic experiences
LRE
yes
35. Yes
yes
Orthopedic impairment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
negative reinforcement
36. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Curriculum based assessment
ecological
they modify students thought patterns
37. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Sixty days
Deaf - blindness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
38. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
zero reject
ecological
How 504 defines a disability
39. 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?
Fourteen
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Procedural safeguards
40. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
try to find appropriate content at grade level
learning disability
41. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
learned helplessness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
42. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
categorical approach
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
43. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
speech or language impairment
delayed language and echolalia
18
negative reinforcement
44. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
having them practice filing out job applications
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
speech or language impairment
45. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
developmental
contingency based self - management
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
46. Birthplace of FAPE
Council for Exceptional Children
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
PARC vs. State of Penn
Traumatic brain injury
47. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
direct instruction
48. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Non - discriminatory assessment
an audiometer
not legal
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
49. '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
learning disability
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
50. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
yes
the Cummins model
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools