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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A model used with ESL and deaf students
categorical approach
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Mental retardation
the Cummins model

2. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
two to nine percent

3. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
assistive technology
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
augmentative communciation

4. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
whole language
Emotional disturbance
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

5. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
medication and a behavior management intervention
Non - discriminatory assessment
two to nine percent
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

6. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
medication and a behavior management intervention
students who are mentally retarded
Autism
the DSM- IV

7. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
mental retardation
Larry P vs. Riles
an audiometer
a hearing aid

8. Birthplace of FAPE
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
PARC vs. State of Penn

9. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
a hearing aid
Deafness
Curriculum based assessment
PARC vs. State of Penn

10. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
categorical approach
Mental retardation

11. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
yes
90%

12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
mental retardation
learned helplessness
students who are mentally retarded

13. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Orthopedic impairment
Sixty days
executive functioning
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

14. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Orthopedic impairment
students who are mentally retarded
the DSM- IV
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

15. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Deaf - blindness
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that was present at birth

16. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
18
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

17. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
How 504 defines a disability
an audiometer
learned helplessness

18. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
18
yes
developmental
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

19. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
whole language
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
social stories
Emotional disturbance

20. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
Emotional disturbance
not legal
How 504 defines a disability
where Section 504 comes from

21. What is acquired hearing loss?
General education classrooms
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
hearing loss that happened after birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

22. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
functional vision assessment
LRE

23. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Curriculum based assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

24. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
learned helplessness
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
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
the Cummins model

25. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
whole language

26. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
negative reinforcement
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
having them practice filing out job applications
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

27. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
duration recording
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

28. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
having them practice filing out job applications
ecological
functional vision assessment
Traumatic brain injury

29. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
Non - discriminatory assessment
Mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

30. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
speech or language impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
duration recording

31. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
they modify students thought patterns
two to nine percent
where Section 504 comes from
a hearing aid

32. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Mental retardation
speech or language impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Council for Exceptional Children

33. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
mental retardation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
LRE

34. 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
life space analysis
General education classrooms
negative reinforcement
assistive technology

35. 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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
where Section 504 comes from
whole language
Hearing impairment

36. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

37. 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
ecological
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
whole language
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

38. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
they modify students thought patterns
Procedural safeguards
negative reinforcement
yes

39. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Autism
delayed language and echolalia
learned helplessness

40. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
principles of IDEA
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
having them practice filing out job applications
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

41. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
21 or younger
Fourteen
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
ESEA Act

42. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ther health impairments
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Mental retardation

43. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
discriminatory stimulus
compensatory education
not legal

44. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Traumatic brain injury
50%
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Autism

45. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
the Cummins model
mental retardation
medication and a behavior management intervention
Deaf - blindness

46. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
curriculum based assessment
negative reinforcement
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

47. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
executive functioning
categorical approach
the Cummins model
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

48. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Larry P vs. Riles

49. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
direct instruction
categorical approach
10 per 10 - 100 children
visual impairment

50. 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
no
Council for Exceptional Children
Hearing impairment