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Praxis Special Ed
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
not legal
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
Orthopedic impairment
2. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
discriminatory stimulus
compensatory education
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
3. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
ther health impairments
4. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
no
life space analysis
Specific learning disability
Orthopedic impairment
5. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
where Section 504 comes from
6. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
Deafness
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
articulation
7. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
18
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
Hearing impairment
Deaf - blindness
8. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
ESEA Act
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Fourteen
How 504 defines a disability
9. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
an individualized transition plan
pervasive developmental disorders
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
Emotional disturbance
10. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders
having them practice filing out job applications
direct instruction
11. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
ESEA Act
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
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
direct instruction
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
13. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
compensatory education
an audiometer
14. 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?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
try to find appropriate content at grade level
10 per 10 - 100 children
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
15. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
duration recording
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
50%
Council for Exceptional Children
16. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
yes
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
an individualized transition plan
17. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
not legal
18. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
where Section 504 comes from
Emotional disturbance
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
19. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
Non - discriminatory assessment
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
categorical approach
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
20. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
Autism
21. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
compensatory education
hearing loss that was present at birth
50%
22. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
negative reinforcement
no
23. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
early traumatic experiences
not legal
student to student
24. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
ecological
the DSM- IV
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
25. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
group contingency contracting
compensatory education
a hearing aid
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
26. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
student to student
social stories
27. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
social stories
28. What does FVA stand for?
1%
functional vision assessment
direct instruction
General education classrooms
29. Metacognition is connected to
executive functioning
yes
Hearing impairment
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
30. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Deafness
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
31. What is CLOZE procedure?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Specific learning disability
assistive technology
32. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
zero reject
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Stanford 9
not legal
33. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
whole language
augmentative communciation
an individualized transition plan
zero reject
34. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
yes
categorical approach
two to nine percent
35. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
36. 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
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
10 per 10 - 100 children
37. Which deals with removing aversives negative reinforcement of negative consequences
How 504 defines a disability
90%
they modify students thought patterns
negative reinforcement
38. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
the Cummins model
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
yes
Deaf - blindness
39. Which perspective attributes emotional and behavioral disorders to poor interaction with the environment in which the student and environment affect each other reciprocally and advocates interventions using the entire social system
1%
they modify students thought patterns
ecological
Curriculum based assessment
40. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
visual impairment
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
curriculum based assessment
41. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
students who are mentally retarded
compensatory education
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
augmentative communciation
42. What is acquired hearing loss?
not legal
10 per 10 - 100 children
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
hearing loss that happened after birth
43. Yes
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Non - discriminatory assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
90%
44. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
90%
1%
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
negative reinforcement
45. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Traumatic brain injury
How 504 defines a disability
46. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
having them practice filing out job applications
early traumatic experiences
Traumatic brain injury
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
47. Birthplace of FAPE
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
PARC vs. State of Penn
48. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
where Section 504 comes from
developmental
LRE
the Cummins model
49. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
they modify students thought patterns
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
zero reject
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
50. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
yes
ecological
Specific learning disability
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that