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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What is acquired hearing loss?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
delayed language and echolalia
hearing loss that happened after birth
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

2. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
21 or younger

3. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Emotional disturbance
Hearing impairment

4. 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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Traumatic brain injury
yes
assistive technology

5. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
discriminatory stimulus
negative reinforcement

6. 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
assistive technology
not legal
whole language
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

7. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Deaf - blindness
Specific learning disability
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the Cummins model

8. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
ther health impairments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
no
executive functioning

9. Metacognition is connected to
discriminatory stimulus
contingency based self - management
Council for Exceptional Children
executive functioning

10. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
mental retardation
Fourteen
having them practice filing out job applications
delayed language and echolalia

11. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
21 or younger
learned helplessness
principles of IDEA

12. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
How 504 defines a disability
visual impairment
zero reject
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

13. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
21 or younger
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Program first placement second
medication and a behavior management intervention

14. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
executive functioning
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
not legal

15. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
Program first placement second
developmental
90%

16. What are four types of data based decision making?
compensatory education
early traumatic experiences
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

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

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18. A model used with ESL and deaf students
contingency based self - management
the Cummins model
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
ther health impairments

19. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Hearing impairment
Autism
where Section 504 comes from
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

20. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
group contingency contracting
students who are mentally retarded
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

21. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no

22. 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
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

23. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
ther health impairments
not legal
Deaf - blindness

24. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
visual impairment
ecological
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
articulation

25. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Stanford 9
two to nine percent
PARC vs. State of Penn

26. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Learning disabilities
Larry P vs. Riles
hearing loss that happened after birth
Non - discriminatory assessment

27. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
Learning disabilities
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
functional skills - social skills - career skills

28. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
principles of IDEA
hearing loss that was present at birth
they modify students thought patterns

29. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
10 per 10 - 100 children
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
hearing loss that happened after birth

30. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
life space analysis
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
Procedural safeguards

31. 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?
executive functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
10 per 10 - 100 children
How 504 defines a disability

32. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
IFSP
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant

33. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
the DSM- IV
Autism
pervasive developmental disorders
delayed language and echolalia

34. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
yes
Fourteen
whole language

35. Spina bifida
developmental
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
medication and a behavior management intervention

36. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
negative reinforcement
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

37. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
social stories
hearing loss that happened after birth
Stanford 9
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

38. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Learning disabilities
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
medication and a behavior management intervention
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

39. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
medication and a behavior management intervention
no
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

40. What is CLOZE procedure?
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Sixty days
Stanford 9

41. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
PARC vs. State of Penn
principles of IDEA
50%
yes

42. 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
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
visual impairment

43. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
mental retardation
no
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
yes

44. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
Fourteen
social stories
Learning disabilities
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

45. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
principles of IDEA
visual impairment
yes

46. What causes autism?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
Learning disabilities
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

47. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
visual impairment
articulation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

48. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
ther health impairments
General education classrooms
Curriculum based assessment

49. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
45%

50. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
a hearing aid
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Orthopedic impairment