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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?






2. What is the prevalence of autism?






3. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation






4. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness






5. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?






6. What are three biological causes for ADHD?






7. Mental retardation originates before what age?






8. Metacognition is connected to






9. 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?






10. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior






11. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as






12. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of






13. A remedial approach






14. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors






15. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?






16. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






17. What does a cochlear implant do?






18. What percent of the population was ADHD?






19. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students






20. 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






21. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a






22. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...






23. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom






24. What are the seven characteristics of autism?






25. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?






26. 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






27. Share the responsibility for the students education






28. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the






29. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?






30. What does adaptive behavior mean?






31. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to






32. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?






33. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?






34. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?






35. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






36. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...






37. What does outer - directedness mean?






38. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?






39. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities






40. Autism falls on the spectrum of...






41. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?






42. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?






43. What is acquired hearing loss?






44. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education






45. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?






46. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers






47. What is conductive hearing loss?






48. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?






49. 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






50. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences