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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.
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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 is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Sixty days
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
having them practice filing out job applications
2. ADHD criteria is defined by
Autism
group contingency contracting
IFSP
the DSM- IV
3. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Deafness
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
4. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
executive functioning
Hearing impairment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
5. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
50%
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Non - discriminatory assessment
visual impairment
6. What is conductive hearing loss?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
group contingency contracting
discriminatory stimulus
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
7. 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
assistive technology
45%
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
executive functioning
8. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
categorical approach
ESEA Act
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
9. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
visual impairment
not legal
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
they modify students thought patterns
10. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
curriculum based assessment
articulation
Sixty days
IFSP
11. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
yes
not legal
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
12. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Procedural safeguards
ther health impairments
yes
Fourteen
13. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
articulation
where Section 504 comes from
14. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
an individualized transition plan
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
compensatory education
15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
two to nine percent
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
learning disability
16. Name four areas of executive function
where Section 504 comes from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
life space analysis
21 or younger
17. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
Procedural safeguards
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
two to nine percent
18. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
direct instruction
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
19. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
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
Program first placement second
executive functioning
20. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
18
compensatory education
contingency based self - management
21. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
social stories
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
22. What are four types of data based decision making?
ther health impairments
Learning disabilities
Procedural safeguards
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
23. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
augmentative communciation
negative reinforcement
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
the Cummins model
24. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
Learning disabilities
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
25. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
26. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
contingency based self - management
27. 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
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
compensatory education
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
28. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Specific learning disability
Sixty days
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
29. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
ecological
45%
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
30. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
developmental
31. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
learned helplessness
Learning disabilities
Deaf - blindness
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
32. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
an individualized transition plan
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
learned helplessness
33. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
LRE
augmentative communciation
Non - discriminatory assessment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
34. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
whole language
mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
35. What is acquired hearing loss?
Hearing impairment
hearing loss that happened after birth
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
18
36. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
early traumatic experiences
Autism
Deaf - blindness
37. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
whole language
50%
Autism
the DSM- IV
38. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
negative reinforcement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
39. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
hearing loss that was present at birth
a hearing aid
Larry P vs. Riles
40. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
18
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
41. What does adaptive behavior mean?
1%
pervasive developmental disorders
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
augmentative communciation
42. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
group contingency contracting
categorical approach
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
executive functioning
43. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
Larry P vs. Riles
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
group contingency contracting
44. The approach to reading instruction which uses students language and experiences and in which reading is taught a meaning - oriented integrated activity rather than a collection of separate skills is known as a
discriminatory stimulus
whole language
students who are mentally retarded
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
45. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
46. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
47. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
ecological
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
no
Orthopedic impairment
48. '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
direct instruction
yes
1%
49. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
social stories
student to student
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
50. 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?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
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
try to find appropriate content at grade level