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Praxis Special Ed

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1. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Mental retardation
speech or language impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

2. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Curriculum based assessment
Autism
hearing loss that happened after birth
Multiple disabilities

3. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Program first placement second
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
they modify students thought patterns
discriminatory stimulus

4. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
an individualized transition plan

5. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
two to nine percent
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

6. Metacognition is connected to
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
yes
executive functioning
IFSP

7. What is CLOZE procedure?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that was present at birth
learned helplessness
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

8. What does adaptive behavior mean?
speech or language impairment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
executive functioning
the Cummins model

9. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Deaf - blindness
an individualized transition plan

10. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
life space analysis
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
they modify students thought patterns

11. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
the DSM- IV
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

12. 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
early traumatic experiences
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

13. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
curriculum based assessment
duration recording
life space analysis

14. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that was present at birth
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
students who are mentally retarded

15. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
not legal
the DSM- IV
Mental retardation
How 504 defines a disability

16. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
not legal
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

17. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
articulation
50%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

18. What does a cochlear implant do?
compensatory education
Stanford 9
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

19. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
life space analysis

20. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
Traumatic brain injury
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
having them practice filing out job applications
learning disability
executive functioning
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

22. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pervasive developmental disorders
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
10 per 10 - 100 children

23. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
learning disability
a hearing aid
hearing loss that was present at birth
General education classrooms

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

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25. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
10 per 10 - 100 children
discriminatory stimulus

26. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Larry P vs. Riles
Program first placement second
learning disability

27. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
1%
Procedural safeguards
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

28. Share the responsibility for the students education
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
hearing loss that happened after birth
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

29. Birthplace of FAPE
90%
mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
functional vision assessment

30. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
having them practice filing out job applications
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Orthopedic impairment
Learning disabilities

31. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
LRE
mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Deafness

32. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
visual impairment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
not legal

33. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
compensatory education
Orthopedic impairment
Autism
students who are mentally retarded

34. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
contingency based self - management
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
zero reject
functional skills - social skills - career skills

35. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Procedural safeguards
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
whole language

36. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Program first placement second
student to student
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
45%

37. ADHD criteria is defined by
try to find appropriate content at grade level
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
PARC vs. State of Penn
the DSM- IV

38. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
executive functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

39. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
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
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Stanford 9

40. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
articulation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
delayed language and echolalia
Larry P vs. Riles

41. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
they modify students thought patterns
Stanford 9
life space analysis
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

42. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
student to student
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
having them practice filing out job applications

43. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
ther health impairments
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Hear and understand speech

44. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
social stories
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

45. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Emotional disturbance
General education classrooms
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

46. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
General education classrooms
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

47. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
augmentative communciation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
45%

48. 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
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
ecological

49. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Orthopedic impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

50. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
ESEA Act
Curriculum based assessment
yes