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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
discriminatory stimulus
categorical approach
yes

2. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
Deafness
categorical approach
21 or younger
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

3. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
duration recording
Stanford 9
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
social stories

4. Yes
an audiometer
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

5. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
medication and a behavior management intervention
no

6. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
90%
a hearing aid
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

7. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Specific learning disability
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

8. 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
direct instruction
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

9. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
ecological
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
ther health impairments
principles of IDEA

10. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
not legal

11. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
50%
students who are mentally retarded
duration recording
45%

12. What is the prevalence of autism?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
hearing loss that was present at birth
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
10 per 10 - 100 children

13. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Non - discriminatory assessment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Autism
student to student

14. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
18
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
delayed language and echolalia

15. 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?
contingency based self - management
an audiometer
try to find appropriate content at grade level
How 504 defines a disability

16. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
hearing loss that was present at birth
Stanford 9
functional skills - social skills - career skills

17. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Multiple disabilities
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

18. What causes autism?
an individualized transition plan
Multiple disabilities
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

19. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
two to nine percent
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

20. 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
no
whole language
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
having them practice filing out job applications

21. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus
90%
hearing loss that was present at birth
Curriculum based assessment

22. What are four types of data based decision making?
Specific learning disability
the Cummins model
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
learned helplessness

23. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
categorical approach
an audiometer
Curriculum based assessment

24. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
the DSM- IV
functional vision assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

25. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
Deafness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
duration recording

26. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Program first placement second
having them practice filing out job applications
Specific learning disability

27. What does outer - directedness mean?
Deafness
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
zero reject

28. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
pervasive developmental disorders
speech or language impairment
developmental
compensatory education

29. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Specific learning disability
Fourteen
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

30. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
duration recording
LRE
group contingency contracting

31. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
an individualized transition plan
Hear and understand speech
Mental retardation

32. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
PARC vs. State of Penn
pervasive developmental disorders
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
an individualized transition plan

33. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
developmental
categorical approach

34. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

35. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Hear and understand speech
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Multiple disabilities

36. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Learning disabilities
Procedural safeguards
early traumatic experiences
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

37. 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
developmental
assistive technology
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
principles of IDEA

38. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
contingency based self - management
Orthopedic impairment
negative reinforcement

39. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
where Section 504 comes from
group contingency contracting
Orthopedic impairment
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

40. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learned helplessness
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
two to nine percent

41. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
ESEA Act
contingency based self - management
executive functioning
Mental retardation

42. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
an audiometer
student to student
yes

43. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
visual impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

44. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
ESEA Act
learned helplessness
categorical approach

45. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
learning disability
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Autism

46. What does adaptive behavior mean?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
IFSP
functional skills - social skills - career skills

47. What is CLOZE procedure?
speech or language impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
group contingency contracting
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

48. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Sixty days
Deaf - blindness
Stanford 9

49. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Curriculum based assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
Stanford 9

50. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
duration recording
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
two to nine percent
pre - referral screening and an in class observation