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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
an audiometer
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Deaf - blindness
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

2. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
an audiometer
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
whole language

3. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Deafness
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

4. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Council for Exceptional Children
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes
yes

5. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Non - discriminatory assessment
categorical approach

6. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
a hearing aid
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
ther health impairments

7. Mental retardation originates before what age?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
PARC vs. State of Penn
18
Stanford 9

8. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Program first placement second
General education classrooms

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

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10. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
the DSM- IV
45%
Traumatic brain injury
Council for Exceptional Children

11. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
having them practice filing out job applications
Hear and understand speech
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

12. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
Multiple disabilities
executive functioning
speech or language impairment
General education classrooms

13. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
student to student
yes
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal

14. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
functional vision assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Program first placement second
executive functioning

15. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
Non - discriminatory assessment
Deaf - blindness
90%

16. ision impairment including partial sight and blindness
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Autism
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
visual impairment

17. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
contingency based self - management
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

18. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Traumatic brain injury
the Cummins model
not legal
medication and a behavior management intervention

19. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
Procedural safeguards
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
discriminatory stimulus

20. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Orthopedic impairment
social stories
not legal

21. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
mental retardation
18
zero reject

22. Name four areas of executive function
discriminatory stimulus
two to nine percent
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

23. Spina bifida
where Section 504 comes from
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
hearing loss that was present at birth
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

24. Share the responsibility for the students education
augmentative communciation
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

25. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
Traumatic brain injury
hearing loss that was present at birth
contingency based self - management
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

26. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
pervasive developmental disorders
Fourteen
Mental retardation

27. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
Orthopedic impairment
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
an audiometer

28. 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
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

29. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
augmentative communciation
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
not legal

30. 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
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
group contingency contracting
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data

31. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
early traumatic experiences
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

32. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
functional skills - social skills - career skills
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
ecological

33. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
18
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
PARC vs. State of Penn

34. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
zero reject
Deafness
Traumatic brain injury

35. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Sixty days
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes
IFSP

36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
life space analysis
Fourteen
executive functioning

37. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
LRE
General education classrooms
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
functional vision assessment

38. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
functional vision assessment
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Multiple disabilities

39. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
speech or language impairment
IFSP
duration recording
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

40. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
medication and a behavior management intervention

41. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
Stanford 9
hearing loss that was present at birth
yes
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

42. ADHD criteria is defined by
yes
the DSM- IV
group contingency contracting
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

43. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Multiple disabilities
contingency based self - management
Deafness
1%

44. What does outer - directedness mean?
How 504 defines a disability
hearing loss that was present at birth
Non - discriminatory assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

45. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Deafness
Deaf - blindness
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
18

46. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
articulation
Curriculum based assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Hearing impairment

47. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
where Section 504 comes from
Learning disabilities
zero reject

48. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
early traumatic experiences
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Larry P vs. Riles
functional skills - social skills - career skills

49. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Hear and understand speech
where Section 504 comes from
compensatory education
no

50. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Stanford 9
curriculum based assessment
students who are mentally retarded