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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
pervasive developmental disorders
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
mental retardation
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

2. Name four areas of executive function
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Specific learning disability
General education classrooms
1%

3. Yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

4. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
ther health impairments
early traumatic experiences
assistive technology
Stanford 9

5. 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
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
50%
ecological
hearing loss that was present at birth

6. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
students who are mentally retarded
speech or language impairment
Stanford 9

7. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Fourteen
the Cummins model
Mental retardation

8. What does a cochlear implant do?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
yes
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

9. What is CLOZE procedure?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
50%
life space analysis
functional skills - social skills - career skills

10. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Fourteen
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
yes

11. 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
curriculum based assessment
yes
Fourteen

12. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pervasive developmental disorders
yes
developmental

13. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
an audiometer
21 or younger
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

14. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
contingency based self - management
Mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

15. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss that happened after birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

16. 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
whole language
1%
LRE
negative reinforcement

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
life space analysis
developmental
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

18. 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
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
18
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

19. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
speech or language impairment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
categorical approach
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills

20. A model used with ESL and deaf students
functional vision assessment
functional skills - social skills - career skills
the Cummins model
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

21. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
executive functioning
principles of IDEA
18
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

22. Metacognition is connected to
contingency based self - management
executive functioning
Council for Exceptional Children
direct instruction

23. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
principles of IDEA

24. 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
assistive technology
ESEA Act
executive functioning
the DSM- IV

25. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
categorical approach
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Stanford 9

26. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
no
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

27. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
speech or language impairment
IFSP
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

28. A remedial approach
not legal
mental retardation
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

29. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
developmental
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
yes

30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
Council for Exceptional Children
students who are mentally retarded
early traumatic experiences
the Cummins model

31. What percent of the population was ADHD?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
curriculum based assessment
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
two to nine percent

32. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
where Section 504 comes from
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

33. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Traumatic brain injury
not legal
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

34. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
whole language
where Section 504 comes from
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

35. What does adaptive behavior mean?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
90%
categorical approach

36. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
Deaf - blindness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Hear and understand speech
yes

37. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
1%
assistive technology
Stanford 9
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

38. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
learning disability
21 or younger
life space analysis

39. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
delayed language and echolalia
Curriculum based assessment

40. Share the responsibility for the students education
Stanford 9
ESEA Act
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

41. What does outer - directedness mean?
Sixty days
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
General education classrooms

42. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
they modify students thought patterns
IFSP
social stories
Autism

43. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
executive functioning
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Deaf - blindness
Program first placement second

44. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
zero reject
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
having them practice filing out job applications
General education classrooms

45. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
medication and a behavior management intervention
Curriculum based assessment
a hearing aid

46. What are four types of data based decision making?
augmentative communciation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Autism
mental retardation

47. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Larry P vs. Riles
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

48. Birthplace of FAPE
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
PARC vs. State of Penn
social stories

49. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
group contingency contracting
Council for Exceptional Children
Fourteen

50. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
yes
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
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
try to find appropriate content at grade level