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Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
whole language
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that happened after birth
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

2. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
1%
social stories
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
IFSP

3. 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
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
direct instruction
ecological
life space analysis

4. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
functional vision assessment

5. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Hear and understand speech
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

6. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
developmental
duration recording
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
visual impairment

7. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
assistive technology
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

8. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Procedural safeguards
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

9. 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
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Deaf - blindness
direct instruction
50%

10. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
articulation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
negative reinforcement

11. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
student to student
Deafness

12. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Hear and understand speech
curriculum based assessment
Learning disabilities
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

13. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
developmental
hearing loss that happened after birth
early traumatic experiences
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

14. 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
curriculum based assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
assistive technology
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

15. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
the DSM- IV
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
IFSP

16. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
developmental
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
21 or younger
where Section 504 comes from

17. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
mental retardation
yes
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

18. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
visual impairment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
zero reject

19. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
18
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
learned helplessness

20. What is CLOZE procedure?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
executive functioning

21. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
learned helplessness
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
augmentative communciation

22. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
ecological
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
mental retardation

23. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
LRE
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

24. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
executive functioning
IFSP
duration recording
group contingency contracting

25. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Autism
group contingency contracting
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
having them practice filing out job applications

26. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
not legal
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
pervasive developmental disorders

27. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Larry P vs. Riles
not legal
group contingency contracting
speech or language impairment

28. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
negative reinforcement
duration recording
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

29. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hear and understand speech
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

30. 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
speech or language impairment
an audiometer
developmental
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

31. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
not legal
hearing loss that happened after birth
yes
duration recording

32. A model used with ESL and deaf students
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Orthopedic impairment
the Cummins model
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

33. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
pervasive developmental disorders
Autism

34. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
principles of IDEA
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

35. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

36. ADHD criteria is defined by
functional skills - social skills - career skills
PARC vs. State of Penn
the DSM- IV
direct instruction

37. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
90%
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Fourteen
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

38. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
delayed language and echolalia
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
zero reject
early traumatic experiences

39. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
student to student
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Stanford 9
Non - discriminatory assessment

40. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
90%
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Council for Exceptional Children

41. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

42. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
curriculum based assessment
Stanford 9
learning disability
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

43. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
student to student

44. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
the Cummins model
the DSM- IV
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

45. What are four types of data based decision making?
where Section 504 comes from
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
principles of IDEA

46. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
two to nine percent
90%
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

47. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children
mental retardation

48. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
student to student
Deafness
categorical approach
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

49. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
having them practice filing out job applications
Non - discriminatory assessment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Stanford 9

50. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Non - discriminatory assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP