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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a






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






3. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?






4. What are the three sub types of ADHD?






5. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974






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






7. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...






8. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded






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






10. What does outer - directedness mean?






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






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






13. 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






14. Asperger Syndrome is defined as






15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of






16. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?






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






18. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum






19. 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






20. What instrument do we use to test hearing?






21. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior






22. Share the responsibility for the students education






23. What does adaptive behavior mean?






24. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...






25. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?






26. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment






27. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?






28. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?






29. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?






30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...






31. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...






32. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation






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






34. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of






35. 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?






36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?






37. Multiple and severe disabilties






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






39. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation






40. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...






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






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






43. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt






44. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...






45. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior






46. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?






47. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs






48. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






49. A remedial approach






50. In errorless learning SD stands for?