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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

2. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
social stories
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
an individualized transition plan
discriminatory stimulus

3. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
not legal
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Hearing impairment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

4. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Hear and understand speech
21 or younger
General education classrooms

5. What does a cochlear implant do?
Deaf - blindness
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

6. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Specific learning disability
having them practice filing out job applications
articulation
Autism

7. Birthplace of FAPE
yes
two to nine percent
PARC vs. State of Penn
Deafness

8. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
group contingency contracting
a hearing aid
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

9. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
an individualized transition plan
speech or language impairment
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

10. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
yes
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

11. Share the responsibility for the students education
augmentative communciation
not legal
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
yes

12. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
LRE
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
group contingency contracting
early traumatic experiences

13. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

14. What is the prevalence of autism?
discriminatory stimulus
10 per 10 - 100 children
mental retardation
Hear and understand speech

15. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
articulation
General education classrooms
an individualized transition plan
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

16. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
life space analysis
IFSP
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
10 per 10 - 100 children

17. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
medication and a behavior management intervention
ther health impairments
mental retardation

18. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
direct instruction
yes
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

19. 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
learning disability
learned helplessness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

20. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
ecological
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
visual impairment
mental retardation

21. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Traumatic brain injury
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

22. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
not legal
principles of IDEA
no
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

23. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Deaf - blindness
augmentative communciation
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

24. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
LRE

25. Mental retardation originates before what age?
student to student
learning disability
an individualized transition plan
18

26. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
having them practice filing out job applications
18
no

27. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
Orthopedic impairment
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
learning disability
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

28. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Non - discriminatory assessment
Autism
Procedural safeguards
Multiple disabilities

29. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss that was present at birth
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
try to find appropriate content at grade level

30. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
augmentative communciation
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
two to nine percent

31. Name four areas of executive function
Larry P vs. Riles
Autism
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

32. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
principles of IDEA
categorical approach
ther health impairments
negative reinforcement

33. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Stanford 9
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Council for Exceptional Children

34. In errorless learning SD stands for?
speech or language impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
compensatory education
discriminatory stimulus

35. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Stanford 9
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
curriculum based assessment
Orthopedic impairment

36. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
whole language

37. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
a hearing aid
yes
learning disability
mental retardation

38. Spina bifida
mental retardation
18
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

39. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
50%
an audiometer

40. What is conductive hearing loss?
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
21 or younger
Non - discriminatory assessment

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

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42. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
executive functioning
50%
Orthopedic impairment
where Section 504 comes from

43. 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
Orthopedic impairment
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Deafness
assistive technology

44. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Program first placement second
Larry P vs. Riles
ecological

45. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Hear and understand speech
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
90%
Traumatic brain injury

46. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
visual impairment
Hear and understand speech
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

47. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
45%
negative reinforcement
visual impairment
yes

48. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
two to nine percent
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

49. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Stanford 9
articulation
compensatory education

50. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Emotional disturbance
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills