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Praxis Special Ed

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1. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...
Autism
executive functioning
Learning disabilities
mental retardation

2. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
speech or language impairment
45%
Fourteen
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

3. What is acquired hearing loss?
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
having them practice filing out job applications
hearing loss that happened after birth
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

4. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
Traumatic brain injury
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
medication and a behavior management intervention

5. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
the DSM- IV
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

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

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7. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
contingency based self - management
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

8. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
an audiometer
Stanford 9

9. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
curriculum based assessment
hearing loss that was present at birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
18

10. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
Traumatic brain injury
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Specific learning disability
yes

11. ADHD criteria is defined by
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders

12. 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
45%
How 504 defines a disability
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
developmental

13. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
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
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
delayed language and echolalia
Procedural safeguards

14. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
ESEA Act
hearing loss that was present at birth
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Autism

15. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
General education classrooms
zero reject
LRE
90%

16. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
curriculum based assessment
functional vision assessment
IFSP

17. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
curriculum based 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
an audiometer

18. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
Program first placement second
whole language
visual impairment
having them practice filing out job applications

19. Spina bifida
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

20. What is conductive hearing loss?
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
life space analysis
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

21. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
having them practice filing out job applications
delayed language and echolalia
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
Program first placement second

22. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
two to nine percent
1%
articulation
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement

23. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Traumatic brain injury
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
two to nine percent

24. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
General education classrooms
social stories

25. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
life space analysis
duration recording
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

26. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
hearing loss that happened after birth
Stanford 9

27. 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
Learning disabilities
assistive technology
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Hear and understand speech

28. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
LRE
10 per 10 - 100 children
Procedural safeguards
having them practice filing out job applications

29. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
pervasive developmental disorders
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

30. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
negative reinforcement
no
student to student
IFSP

31. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
speech or language impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Larry P vs. Riles
life space analysis

32. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
Hearing impairment
Fourteen
mental retardation
augmentative communciation

33. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
50%
Program first placement second
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Hear and understand speech

34. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
IFSP
functional skills - social skills - career skills
yes
articulation

35. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
student to student
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

36. 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?
assistive technology
21 or younger
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

37. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
45%
duration recording
curriculum based assessment

38. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
Mental retardation
Deaf - blindness
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
life space analysis

39. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Fourteen
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Program first placement second
principles of IDEA

40. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
General education classrooms
How 504 defines a disability
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment

41. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
Emotional disturbance
direct instruction
Multiple disabilities
where Section 504 comes from

42. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
ther health impairments
functional skills - social skills - career skills
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

43. 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
ecological
social stories
whole language
Stanford 9

44. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Hear and understand speech
principles of IDEA

45. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
90%
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
the Cummins model

46. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
zero reject
yes
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

47. 504
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Deafness
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

48. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
ESEA Act
curriculum based assessment
early traumatic experiences

49. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
mental retardation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
Deaf - blindness
18

50. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
zero reject
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills