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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What percent of the population was ADHD?
social stories
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
two to nine percent

2. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
compensatory education
pervasive developmental disorders
articulation
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

3. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
yes
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Traumatic brain injury
an individualized transition plan

4. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
IFSP
two to nine percent
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Deaf - blindness

5. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
pervasive developmental disorders
yes
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Deaf - blindness

6. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
18
1%
50%

7. What does FVA stand for?
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
functional vision assessment
speech or language impairment
PARC vs. State of Penn

8. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Larry P vs. Riles
try to find appropriate content at grade level

9. Spina bifida
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
augmentative communciation
contingency based self - management

10. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
hearing loss that happened after birth
zero reject
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

11. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
principles of IDEA
functional skills - social skills - career skills
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

12. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
compensatory education
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

13. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
yes
How 504 defines a disability

14. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
IFSP
student to student
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

15. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
Program first placement second
mental retardation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

16. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
negative reinforcement
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Hearing impairment

17. A remedial approach
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

18. A model used with ESL and deaf students
an individualized transition plan
LRE
the Cummins model
zero reject

19. Name four areas of executive function
student to student
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

20. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
assistive technology
curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

21. What is CLOZE procedure?
21 or younger
Larry P vs. Riles
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
mental retardation

22. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
Autism
mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
categorical approach

23. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
discriminatory stimulus
an audiometer

24. 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
developmental
whole language
90%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

25. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
early traumatic experiences
direct instruction
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
visual impairment

26. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
duration recording
categorical approach
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

27. 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
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
21 or younger
mental retardation
direct instruction

28. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
categorical approach
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

29. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
where Section 504 comes from
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
a hearing aid
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

30. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
How 504 defines a disability
early traumatic experiences
an individualized transition plan

31. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
principles of IDEA
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

32. If a 5th grade student is getting frustrated in social studies because he still reads at a third grade level - what should the teacher do?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
negative reinforcement
try to find appropriate content at grade level
yes

33. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
social stories
IFSP
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Orthopedic impairment

34. Mental retardation originates before what age?
augmentative communciation
18
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

35. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
1%

36. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
negative reinforcement
Council for Exceptional Children
Emotional disturbance
no

37. 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
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
assistive technology
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

38. Specific learning disability
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
not legal
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

39. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
augmentative communciation

40. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
an individualized transition plan
LRE
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Mental retardation

41. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
learning disability
ther health impairments
Emotional disturbance
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

42. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
students who are mentally retarded
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
not legal

43. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
student to student
medication and a behavior management intervention
Emotional disturbance
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

44. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Council for Exceptional Children
an individualized transition plan

45. What does outer - directedness mean?
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

46. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
1%
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
executive functioning
an individualized transition plan

47. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Fourteen
two to nine percent
contingency based self - management

48. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
Emotional disturbance
learned helplessness
yes

49. 504
assistive technology
direct instruction
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

50. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
having them practice filing out job applications
social stories
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools