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Praxis Special Ed
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Subjects
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
an audiometer
curriculum based assessment
discriminatory stimulus
not legal
2. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
ther health impairments
mental retardation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
21 or younger
3. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
General education classrooms
Deaf - blindness
4. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
LRE
speech or language impairment
articulation
How 504 defines a disability
5. 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
45%
developmental
categorical approach
ecological
6. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
contingency based self - management
an individualized transition plan
7. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
50%
pervasive developmental disorders
delayed language and echolalia
8. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
students who are mentally retarded
Fourteen
1%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
9. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
curriculum based assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
10. 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
Sixty days
direct instruction
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
11. 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?
1%
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
12. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
General education classrooms
13. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Deaf - blindness
categorical approach
14. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
life space analysis
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
15. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
two to nine percent
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
learned helplessness
16. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ther health impairments
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
45%
17. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Hear and understand speech
negative reinforcement
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Learning disabilities
18. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
PARC vs. State of Penn
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the DSM- IV
19. What are four types of data based decision making?
Multiple disabilities
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
whole language
20. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
21 or younger
visual impairment
Specific learning disability
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
21. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
student to student
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
22. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
a hearing aid
23. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an individualized transition plan
compensatory education
yes
24. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
1%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
compensatory education
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
25. ADHD criteria is defined by
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
the DSM- IV
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
26. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
not legal
learning disability
executive functioning
27. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Deaf - blindness
categorical approach
mental retardation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
28. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
functional vision assessment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
29. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Non - discriminatory assessment
IFSP
group contingency contracting
30. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Hear and understand speech
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Autism
31. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment
32. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
zero reject
PARC vs. State of Penn
students who are mentally retarded
yes
33. What is conductive hearing loss?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
mental retardation
34. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Emotional disturbance
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
35. Share the responsibility for the students education
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
assistive technology
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Curriculum based assessment
36. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Hear and understand speech
student to student
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
37. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
life space analysis
Non - discriminatory assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
38. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
General education classrooms
yes
39. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Orthopedic impairment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Traumatic brain injury
principles of IDEA
40. What does a cochlear implant do?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Council for Exceptional Children
LRE
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
41. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
Emotional disturbance
42. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
the DSM- IV
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
an individualized transition plan
43. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
contingency based self - management
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
zero reject
44. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
curriculum based assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
45. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ESEA Act
mental retardation
46. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Hearing impairment
augmentative communciation
IFSP
47. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
negative reinforcement
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that was present at birth
48. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
direct instruction
no
Stanford 9
10 per 10 - 100 children
49. Name four areas of executive function
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
90%
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
50. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
functional vision assessment
zero reject
Curriculum based assessment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination