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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is acquired hearing loss?
whole language
hearing loss that happened after birth
student to student
Sixty days

2. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
45%
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
try to find appropriate content at grade level

3. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
the Cummins model
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

4. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
not legal
Curriculum based assessment
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

5. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
1%
50%
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Curriculum based assessment

6. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
an individualized transition plan
principles of IDEA
Specific learning disability

7. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
50%
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

8. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
General education classrooms
functional skills - social skills - career skills

9. What is conductive hearing loss?
Deaf - blindness
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Sixty days
principles of IDEA

10. A remedial approach
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
functional vision assessment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

11. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
negative reinforcement
developmental
pervasive developmental disorders

12. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Orthopedic impairment

13. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
45%
50%
pervasive developmental disorders

14. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Sixty days
pervasive developmental disorders
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

15. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
an individualized transition plan
learned helplessness
medication and a behavior management intervention
Traumatic brain injury

16. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Deafness
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

17. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Hear and understand speech
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Autism
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

18. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Traumatic brain injury
early traumatic experiences
LRE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

19. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
mental retardation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

20. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
no
a hearing aid
functional skills - social skills - career skills
yes

21. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
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
Fourteen
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

22. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
90%
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
curriculum based assessment
Traumatic brain injury

23. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
1%
Hearing impairment
Deaf - blindness

24. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
PARC vs. State of Penn
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

25. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Council for Exceptional Children
18
mental retardation
categorical approach

26. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
an audiometer

27. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
10 per 10 - 100 children
Autism
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

28. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
categorical approach
Non - discriminatory assessment
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
visual impairment

29. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
no
an audiometer
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
delayed language and echolalia

30. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
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
Council for Exceptional Children
Non - discriminatory assessment
where Section 504 comes from

31. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
having them practice filing out job applications
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

32. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Larry P vs. Riles
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

33. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
10 per 10 - 100 children
Non - discriminatory assessment
curriculum based assessment

34. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
group contingency contracting
hearing loss that was present at birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
pervasive developmental disorders

35. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
two to nine percent
Orthopedic impairment
life space analysis

36. Spina bifida
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
direct instruction

37. What does a cochlear implant do?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
yes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

38. Metacognition is connected to
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
direct instruction
executive functioning

39. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
compensatory education
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

40. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
Council for Exceptional Children
Orthopedic impairment
duration recording
ecological

41. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
social stories
functional vision assessment
developmental
Learning disabilities

42. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Hear and understand speech
principles of IDEA
group contingency contracting
Deaf - blindness

43. 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
ther health impairments
developmental
early traumatic experiences
Procedural safeguards

44. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
not legal
an audiometer
ther health impairments
yes

45. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Stanford 9
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

46. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
life space analysis
speech or language impairment
no
IFSP

47. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Multiple disabilities
group contingency contracting
duration recording
Hearing impairment

48. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
articulation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

49. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
learning disability
medication and a behavior management intervention
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

50. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
LRE
where Section 504 comes from
medication and a behavior management intervention
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