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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
executive functioning
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

2. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Mental retardation
social stories
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

3. 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
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

4. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
18
early traumatic experiences
Specific learning disability
learning disability

5. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learned helplessness
assistive technology

6. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
Hear and understand speech
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

7. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
visual impairment
Autism
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Procedural safeguards

8. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
compensatory education
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

9. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
early traumatic experiences
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Emotional disturbance
zero reject

10. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
whole language
Traumatic brain injury
curriculum based assessment

11. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
where Section 504 comes from
social stories
50%
Specific learning disability

12. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
pervasive developmental disorders
developmental

13. Specific learning disability
10 per 10 - 100 children
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
early traumatic experiences
contingency based self - management

14. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
no
where Section 504 comes from

15. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

16. 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
they modify students thought patterns
yes
the DSM- IV
assistive technology

17. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
Deaf - blindness
discriminatory stimulus
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

18. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
articulation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability

19. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
hearing loss that happened after birth
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
negative reinforcement

20. A remedial approach
direct instruction
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Council for Exceptional Children
ecological

21. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

22. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
discriminatory stimulus
zero reject
Learning disabilities

23. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Larry P vs. Riles
life space analysis

24. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
social stories
1%
ESEA Act
hearing loss that was present at birth

25. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
an individualized transition plan
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
direct instruction
90%

26. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
visual impairment
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
1%
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

27. In errorless learning SD stands for?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
discriminatory stimulus
IFSP

28. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
having them practice filing out job applications
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
hearing loss that happened after birth
Traumatic brain injury

29. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
discriminatory stimulus
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
45%

30. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
How 504 defines a disability
ESEA Act
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Non - discriminatory assessment

31. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
Sixty days
Council for Exceptional Children
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

32. 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
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
compensatory education
group contingency contracting

33. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
visual impairment
negative reinforcement
they modify students thought patterns

34. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
assistive technology
Council for Exceptional Children
yes

35. 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
an audiometer
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

36. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
ther health impairments
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss that was present at birth

37. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
direct instruction
speech or language impairment
duration recording
yes

38. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
no
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

39. 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
Emotional disturbance
direct instruction
curriculum based assessment
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

40. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
ecological
mental retardation

41. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
direct instruction
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

42. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Curriculum based assessment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
hearing loss that was present at birth
two to nine percent

43. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
principles of IDEA
Hearing impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

44. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
categorical approach
pervasive developmental disorders
IFSP
yes

45. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
PARC vs. State of Penn
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

46. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation
IFSP
augmentative communciation

47. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Learning disabilities
mental retardation

48. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional vision assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
10 per 10 - 100 children
contingency based self - management

49. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
LRE
Sixty days
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Deaf - blindness

50. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
General education classrooms
50%
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind