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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
two to nine percent
try to find appropriate content at grade level
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
1%
2. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Learning disabilities
Stanford 9
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
3. 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
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
they modify students thought patterns
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
4. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Orthopedic impairment
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
social stories
Hear and understand speech
5. 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
early traumatic experiences
IFSP
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
6. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
an audiometer
21 or younger
90%
try to find appropriate content at grade level
7. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
learned helplessness
augmentative communciation
life space analysis
8. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
Fourteen
life space analysis
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
9. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
45%
Hear and understand speech
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
10. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
group contingency contracting
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
11. ADHD criteria is defined by
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
the DSM- IV
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
12. What does FVA stand for?
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
functional vision assessment
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
13. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
Fourteen
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Multiple disabilities
14. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
group contingency contracting
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
augmentative communciation
15. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
10 per 10 - 100 children
16. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
How 504 defines a disability
21 or younger
visual impairment
17. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
an individualized transition plan
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
negative reinforcement
18. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
duration recording
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
student to student
Specific learning disability
19. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
Hearing impairment
yes
executive functioning
1%
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
student to student
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
direct instruction
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
21. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Orthopedic impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
early traumatic experiences
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
22. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
10 per 10 - 100 children
How 504 defines a disability
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
curriculum based assessment
23. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
whole language
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
24. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
discriminatory stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
25. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
direct instruction
26. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
ecological
an audiometer
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
27. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
IFSP
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
28. Specific learning disability
principles of IDEA
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
negative reinforcement
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
29. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
yes
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss that was present at birth
30. What does outer - directedness mean?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
two to nine percent
learned helplessness
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
31. What is the prevalence of autism?
21 or younger
Autism
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
10 per 10 - 100 children
32. 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
yes
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
21 or younger
33. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
yes
duration recording
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
34. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
50%
functional vision assessment
the DSM- IV
Multiple disabilities
35. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
a hearing aid
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
36. Share the responsibility for the students education
articulation
18
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
37. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
student to student
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Specific learning disability
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
38. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
principles of IDEA
39. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Deafness
learning disability
40. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
where Section 504 comes from
41. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Fourteen
delayed language and echolalia
the DSM- IV
18
42. A remedial approach
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
where Section 504 comes from
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
ESEA Act
43. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
ecological
they modify students thought patterns
discriminatory stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
44. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Fourteen
pervasive developmental disorders
Curriculum based assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
45. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
discriminatory stimulus
visual impairment
46. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ther health impairments
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
47. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
mental retardation
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pervasive developmental disorders
48. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
medication and a behavior management intervention
Specific learning disability
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
49. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
LRE
yes
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
50. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
hearing loss that happened after birth
curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Fourteen