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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
18
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
duration recording

2. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
ther health impairments
Sixty days
Learning disabilities
90%

3. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
developmental
mental retardation
students who are mentally retarded
ESEA Act

4. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Specific learning disability
compensatory education
Traumatic brain injury
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

5. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
the DSM- IV
Hear and understand speech
articulation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

6. What does FVA stand for?
functional vision assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Curriculum based assessment
Hear and understand speech

7. 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
visual impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
direct instruction

8. What does adaptive behavior mean?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
90%

9. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
having them practice filing out job applications
Specific learning disability
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

10. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
principles of IDEA

11. 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
an individualized transition plan
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
curriculum based assessment

12. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
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negative reinforcement
Deaf - blindness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

13. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Larry P vs. Riles
augmentative communciation
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Autism

14. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Deafness
pervasive developmental disorders
Hearing impairment

15. 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
Sixty days
developmental
where Section 504 comes from
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

16. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
21 or younger

17. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Emotional disturbance
delayed language and echolalia
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
assistive technology

18. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
Mental retardation
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

19. What is acquired hearing loss?
students who are mentally retarded
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Sixty days
hearing loss that happened after birth

20. Birthplace of FAPE
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
whole language
PARC vs. State of Penn

21. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Hearing impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
mental retardation

22. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
not legal
social stories
1%
an audiometer

23. What are four types of data based decision making?
augmentative communciation
discriminatory stimulus
articulation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

24. '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
whole language
mental retardation
a hearing aid

25. Name four areas of executive function
social stories
curriculum based assessment
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
no

26. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
executive functioning
Deaf - blindness
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Multiple disabilities

27. What is conductive hearing loss?
developmental
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
an individualized transition plan

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
ESEA Act
10 per 10 - 100 children
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Autism

29. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment
Autism

30. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
assistive technology
Emotional disturbance
45%
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

31. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Stanford 9
Orthopedic impairment
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limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

32. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
IFSP
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
assistive technology

33. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Mental retardation
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
ther health impairments

34. 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
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
students who are mentally retarded
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

35. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
medication and a behavior management intervention
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

36. Yes
zero reject
Deaf - blindness
early traumatic experiences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

37. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ther health impairments
Deafness
zero reject

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
having them practice filing out job applications
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
zero reject

39. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Hearing impairment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Multiple disabilities
Specific learning disability

40. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Sixty days
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

41. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a hearing aid
Curriculum based assessment
mental retardation

42. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
the DSM- IV
Stanford 9
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

43. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
categorical approach
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
visual impairment

44. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Fourteen
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
augmentative communciation
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

45. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Autism

46. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
duration recording
Hear and understand speech
visual impairment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

47. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
ther health impairments

48. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
LRE

49. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
yes
Deafness

50. 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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
categorical approach
group contingency contracting