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Praxis Special Ed

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1. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
functional skills - social skills - career skills
IFSP
Program first placement second
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

2. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Learning disabilities
negative reinforcement
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

3. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
10 per 10 - 100 children
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
learned helplessness

4. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
mental retardation

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

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6. All the members of a group must achieve a certain goal before any member of the group receives a reward is an example of a
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
an individualized transition plan
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
group contingency contracting

7. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
social stories

8. ADHD criteria is defined by
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Program first placement second
the DSM- IV

9. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
PARC vs. State of Penn
45%
Autism
Deafness

10. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Orthopedic impairment
delayed language and echolalia
Autism

11. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
ther health impairments
functional vision assessment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

12. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
articulation
50%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

13. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
learning disability
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
yes

14. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
executive functioning
yes
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

15. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
contingency based self - management
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
General education classrooms

16. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
learning disability
Fourteen
categorical approach
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

17. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IFSP
General education classrooms
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

18. Share the responsibility for the students education
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
General education classrooms
Traumatic brain injury
Orthopedic impairment

19. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Non - discriminatory assessment
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
an audiometer

20. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Emotional disturbance

21. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
no
negative reinforcement
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

22. What is conductive hearing loss?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

23. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
pervasive developmental disorders
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
visual impairment

24. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
students who are mentally retarded
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Mental retardation

25. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
social stories
hearing loss that was present at birth
Orthopedic impairment

26. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
IFSP
having them practice filing out job applications
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
direct instruction

27. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
life space analysis
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss that happened after birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

28. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
categorical approach
early traumatic experiences
executive functioning
students who are mentally retarded

29. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
90%
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

30. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Larry P vs. Riles
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

31. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
where Section 504 comes from
direct instruction

32. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
Curriculum based assessment
Larry P vs. Riles
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
mental retardation

33. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
no
student to student
an individualized transition plan

34. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
mental retardation
ecological
group contingency contracting

35. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Deafness
Curriculum based assessment
augmentative communciation

36. Spina bifida
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
an audiometer
Orthopedic impairment

37. Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
the Cummins model
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
discriminatory stimulus

38. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
learned helplessness
two to nine percent
mental retardation
augmentative communciation

39. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Stanford 9
ecological
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

40. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Program first placement second
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

41. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Deaf - blindness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
the DSM- IV
life space analysis

42. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
1%
principles of IDEA
where Section 504 comes from
a hearing aid

43. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Autism
hearing loss that was present at birth
Traumatic brain injury
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

44. 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
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
curriculum based assessment
direct instruction
no

45. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
principles of IDEA

46. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
zero reject
assistive technology
student to student
LRE

47. What does adaptive behavior mean?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss that happened after birth
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
executive functioning

48. What is the prevalence of autism?
10 per 10 - 100 children
45%
early traumatic experiences
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

49. 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
50%
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

50. 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
categorical approach
learning disability
Traumatic brain injury