Praxis Special Ed

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1. 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
Council for Exceptional Children
two to nine percent
Multiple disabilities


2. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Mental retardation
life space analysis
Deafness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP


3. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
assistive technology
an individualized transition plan
mental retardation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district


4. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
the DSM- IV
students who are mentally retarded
Hear and understand speech
mental retardation


5. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
life space analysis
discriminatory stimulus
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
no


6. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Learning disabilities
negative reinforcement
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain


7. What percent of the population was ADHD?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
General education classrooms
two to nine percent
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton


8. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
not legal
Curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers


9. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
life space analysis


10. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
articulation
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
18
Specific learning disability


11. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
augmentative communciation


12. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Hear and understand speech
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Curriculum based assessment
negative reinforcement


13. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
the DSM- IV
Autism
executive functioning


14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
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
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills


15. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
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
zero reject
Hear and understand speech
Deaf - blindness


16. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
IFSP
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
45%


17. 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
Deafness
ecological
whole language
Non - discriminatory assessment


18. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
functional vision assessment
negative reinforcement
try to find appropriate content at grade level
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning


19. What does FVA stand for?
students who are mentally retarded
functional vision assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
pervasive developmental disorders


20. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Specific learning disability
Deafness
pervasive developmental disorders
45%


21. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
a hearing aid
Mental retardation
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
ther health impairments


22. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational


23. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
mental retardation
two to nine percent
early traumatic experiences
Orthopedic impairment


24. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
contingency based self - management
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing


25. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Traumatic brain injury
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
IFSP
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills


26. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ecological
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
ther health impairments
articulation


27. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
yes
negative reinforcement
Larry P vs. Riles


28. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
ESEA Act
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
negative reinforcement
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment


29. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
the DSM- IV
1%
an individualized transition plan
General education classrooms


30. Metacognition is connected to
two to nine percent
principles of IDEA
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
executive functioning


31. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
zero reject
not legal
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Procedural safeguards


32. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
yes
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
developmental
no


33. 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
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
General education classrooms
the DSM- IV
group contingency contracting


34. What is the prevalence of autism?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
10 per 10 - 100 children
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
the Cummins model


35. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Program first placement second
categorical approach
negative reinforcement
Fourteen


36. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
discriminatory stimulus
speech or language impairment


37. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
an audiometer
duration recording
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Hear and understand speech


38. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
negative reinforcement
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
duration recording


39. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Non - discriminatory assessment
assistive technology
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?


40. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Larry P vs. Riles
Traumatic brain injury
where Section 504 comes from


41. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
early traumatic experiences
Stanford 9
medication and a behavior management intervention


42. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
compensatory education
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?


43. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Mental retardation
principles of IDEA
Fourteen
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called


44. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
executive functioning
mental retardation
learning disability
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant


45. A model used with ESL and deaf students
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
the Cummins model
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data


46. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
the Cummins model
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Hearing impairment


47. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Hearing impairment
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
PARC vs. State of Penn


48. What is conductive hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Orthopedic impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear


49. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
students who are mentally retarded
not legal
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
learned helplessness


50. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
the Cummins model
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
medication and a behavior management intervention
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of