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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
21 or younger
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
How 504 defines a disability

2. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

3. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
student to student

4. Spina bifida
Procedural safeguards
whole language
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
negative reinforcement

5. What percent of the population was ADHD?
ecological
two to nine percent
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Fourteen

6. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
a hearing aid
contingency based self - management
Larry P vs. Riles
Sixty days

7. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
compensatory education
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

8. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
having them practice filing out job applications
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
50%
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

9. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Mental retardation
Program first placement second
contingency based self - management
Traumatic brain injury

10. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
Specific learning disability
1%
an individualized transition plan
Sixty days

11. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
yes
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Multiple disabilities

12. 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
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
direct instruction
try to find appropriate content at grade level
a hearing aid

13. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
not legal
where Section 504 comes from
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

14. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
duration recording
articulation
life space analysis
yes

15. Share the responsibility for the students education
Hear and understand speech
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Sixty days
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

16. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
50%

17. 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
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
direct instruction
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

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

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19. Mental retardation originates before what age?
18
1%
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
categorical approach

20. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
yes
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

21. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
an individualized transition plan
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
direct instruction

22. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
categorical approach
Hear and understand speech
Hearing impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

23. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
negative reinforcement
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
social stories
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

24. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Stanford 9
early traumatic experiences
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

25. ADHD criteria is defined by
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
where Section 504 comes from

26. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
categorical approach
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Mental retardation
learning disability

27. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Larry P vs. Riles
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

28. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
PARC vs. State of Penn

29. What does adaptive behavior mean?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Hearing impairment
IFSP

30. 504
not legal
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
they modify students thought patterns
articulation

31. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
assistive technology
90%
discriminatory stimulus
18

32. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
IFSP
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Program first placement second

33. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
group contingency contracting
Council for Exceptional Children
pervasive developmental disorders
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

34. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
curriculum based assessment
18

35. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
they modify students thought patterns
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
executive functioning
Larry P vs. Riles

36. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
where Section 504 comes from
LRE

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
How 504 defines a disability
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
ecological
PARC vs. State of Penn

38. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
hearing loss that was present at birth
PARC vs. State of Penn
visual impairment

39. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
the DSM- IV
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
visual impairment

40. 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
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
developmental
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

41. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
learned helplessness
categorical approach
an audiometer
mental retardation

42. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Council for Exceptional Children
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
learning disability
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

43. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
1%
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

44. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
student to student
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation

45. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Multiple disabilities
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an individualized transition plan

46. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
curriculum based assessment
yes
21 or younger
group contingency contracting

47. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Larry P vs. Riles
Curriculum based assessment
45%
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

48. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
whole language
Specific learning disability
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

49. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
discriminatory stimulus
PARC vs. State of Penn
Emotional disturbance
no

50. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
10 per 10 - 100 children