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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Learning disabilities
zero reject
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

2. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
no
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
students who are mentally retarded
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

3. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
life space analysis
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
mental retardation

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

5. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Autism
whole language

6. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Stanford 9
medication and a behavior management intervention

7. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
developmental
yes
students who are mentally retarded

8. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
executive functioning
student to student
compensatory education

9. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
developmental
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level

10. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Specific learning disability
Council for Exceptional Children
yes

11. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
21 or younger
negative reinforcement
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

12. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
social stories
early traumatic experiences
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Non - discriminatory assessment

13. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
mental retardation
contingency based self - management
learning disability

14. What are four types of data based decision making?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

15. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
students who are mentally retarded
direct instruction
Hearing impairment
Stanford 9

16. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
life space analysis
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Non - discriminatory assessment
Curriculum based assessment

17. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
direct instruction
medication and a behavior management intervention
Hearing impairment
Mental retardation

18. 504
life space analysis
Specific learning disability
visual impairment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

19. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ther health impairments
90%
delayed language and echolalia

20. In errorless learning SD stands for?
discriminatory stimulus
1%
10 per 10 - 100 children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

21. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
yes
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

22. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
compensatory education
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

23. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a hearing aid
Curriculum based assessment
mental retardation
an audiometer

24. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Hearing impairment
learned helplessness

25. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Autism

26. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
21 or younger
medication and a behavior management intervention
visual impairment
principles of IDEA

27. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Council for Exceptional Children
an audiometer
yes

28. 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
50%
whole language
curriculum based assessment
yes

29. Spina bifida
Hear and understand speech
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
21 or younger
Hearing impairment

30. A remedial approach
executive functioning
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

31. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Hear and understand speech
Specific learning disability
executive functioning
IFSP

32. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
hearing loss that was present at birth
IFSP
no

33. What does FVA stand for?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
contingency based self - management
Multiple disabilities
functional vision assessment

34. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Sixty days
mental retardation

35. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
delayed language and echolalia
Curriculum based assessment
Learning disabilities

36. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
mental retardation
1%
18

37. Multiple and severe disabilties
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Curriculum based assessment
LRE
mental retardation

38. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
augmentative communciation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
early traumatic experiences
learned helplessness

39. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
ecological
pervasive developmental disorders
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Learning disabilities

40. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
compensatory education

41. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
90%
learned helplessness
yes
PARC vs. State of Penn

42. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
General education classrooms
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

43. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
discriminatory stimulus
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
yes

44. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
IFSP
speech or language impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

45. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
an individualized transition plan
Program first placement second
speech or language impairment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

46. Specific learning disability
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
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
having them practice filing out job applications
pervasive developmental disorders

47. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
a hearing aid

48. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
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
Learning disabilities
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Program first placement second

49. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Procedural safeguards
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
developmental

50. What is acquired hearing loss?
Deaf - blindness
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
visual impairment
hearing loss that happened after birth