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Praxis Special Ed

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1. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
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
Emotional disturbance
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2. 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
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
ecological
hearing loss that was present at birth
Larry P vs. Riles

3. Mental retardation originates before what age?
functional skills - social skills - career skills
contingency based self - management
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response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

4. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
visual impairment
How 504 defines a disability
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

5. What does outer - directedness mean?
developmental
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

6. 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
a hearing aid
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
student to student
assistive technology

7. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
no
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
having them practice filing out job applications

8. A remedial approach
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
the Cummins model
they modify students thought patterns
Council for Exceptional Children

9. ADHD criteria is defined by
they modify students thought patterns
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
the DSM- IV

10. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
life space analysis
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

11. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Stanford 9
yes
90%

12. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
a hearing aid

13. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
a hearing aid
no
principles of IDEA
Larry P vs. Riles

14. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
speech or language impairment
General education classrooms
PARC vs. State of Penn
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

15. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Curriculum based assessment
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Stanford 9

16. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
assistive technology

17. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
hearing loss that was present at birth
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
ecological
mental retardation

18. What is CLOZE procedure?
they modify students thought patterns
Council for Exceptional Children
a hearing aid
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

19. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
direct instruction
whole language
categorical approach

20. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
functional skills - social skills - career skills
mental retardation

21. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
yes
no
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
they modify students thought patterns

22. Metacognition is connected to
Multiple disabilities
executive functioning
Specific learning disability
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

23. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
medication and a behavior management intervention
Fourteen
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

24. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
assistive technology
functional vision assessment
principles of IDEA
not legal

25. 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
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
delayed language and echolalia
developmental
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

26. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
social stories
ESEA Act
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Emotional disturbance

27. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
principles of IDEA
10 per 10 - 100 children
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

28. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

29. What is conductive hearing loss?
1%
medication and a behavior management intervention
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

30. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
whole language
Specific learning disability
functional vision assessment

31. Share the responsibility for the students education
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
assistive technology
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
ther health impairments

32. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
direct instruction
the DSM- IV
visual impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn

33. 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
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
discriminatory stimulus
whole language
Traumatic brain injury

34. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Deafness
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

35. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
they modify students thought patterns
learning disability
an audiometer

36. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
hearing loss that happened after birth
visual impairment

37. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Learning disabilities
Procedural safeguards
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
yes

38. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Council for Exceptional Children
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

39. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
where Section 504 comes from
try to find appropriate content at grade level

40. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
delayed language and echolalia
yes
Stanford 9
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

41. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
students who are mentally retarded
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

42. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
two to nine percent
not legal
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

43. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
duration recording
learned helplessness
yes
90%

44. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
learned helplessness
Hearing impairment
Autism
negative reinforcement

45. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes
LRE

46. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
where Section 504 comes from
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
executive functioning

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

48. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
early traumatic experiences
students who are mentally retarded
yes

49. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Mental retardation

50. In errorless learning SD stands for?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
learning disability
discriminatory stimulus
compensatory education