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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
student to student
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Specific learning disability
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

2. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
discriminatory stimulus

3. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
18
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
contingency based self - management
Traumatic brain injury

4. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
learned helplessness
an audiometer

5. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
pervasive developmental disorders
discriminatory stimulus
developmental
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

6. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
contingency based self - management
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that happened after birth
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

7. 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
Council for Exceptional Children
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
group contingency contracting
the Cummins model

8. Name four areas of executive function
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

9. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
an individualized transition plan
learning disability
mental retardation

10. Yes
duration recording
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
General education classrooms

11. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Procedural safeguards

12. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Deafness
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
whole language

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

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14. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Mental retardation
learning disability
How 504 defines a disability
Multiple disabilities

15. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Hearing impairment
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
visual impairment
a hearing aid

16. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
early traumatic experiences
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

17. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
social stories
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
How 504 defines a disability

18. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
negative reinforcement
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Deafness
ecological

19. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
where Section 504 comes from
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

20. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
not legal
yes

21. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Fourteen
hearing loss that happened after birth
Learning disabilities
contingency based self - management

22. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
direct instruction
General education classrooms
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
student to student

23. 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
discriminatory stimulus
direct instruction
assistive technology
pervasive developmental disorders

24. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
compensatory education
Council for Exceptional Children
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

25. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
functional vision assessment
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

26. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Traumatic brain injury
Program first placement second
functional skills - social skills - career skills
pervasive developmental disorders

27. What are four types of data based decision making?
Program first placement second
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
General education classrooms

28. What is acquired hearing loss?
Program first placement second
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
mental retardation
hearing loss that happened after birth

29. What is the prevalence of autism?
hearing loss that happened after birth
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
18
10 per 10 - 100 children

30. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
yes
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
executive functioning
functional vision assessment

31. 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
yes
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
articulation

32. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss that was present at birth
ther health impairments
assistive technology

33. If a college bound student has the accommodation that he uses a tape recorder in english and a calculator in algebra II this is an example of
Deaf - blindness
having them practice filing out job applications
assistive technology
hearing loss that was present at birth

34. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
ther health impairments
Larry P vs. Riles
group contingency contracting

35. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
speech or language impairment
Deaf - blindness

36. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
assistive technology

37. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Mental retardation
ther health impairments

38. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
Stanford 9
delayed language and echolalia
negative reinforcement

39. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Specific learning disability
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
categorical approach

40. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Traumatic brain injury
functional skills - social skills - career skills
50%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

41. Multiple and severe disabilties
General education classrooms
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

42. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Learning disabilities
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

43. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ecological
pervasive developmental disorders
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

44. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
categorical approach
Hearing impairment
an audiometer
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

45. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
an audiometer
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
no

46. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
21 or younger
group contingency contracting
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

47. What does a cochlear implant do?
early traumatic experiences
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
50%
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

48. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
two to nine percent
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
life space analysis

49. 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 was present at birth
21 or younger
developmental
ecological

50. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
they modify students thought patterns
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP