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Praxis Special Ed

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1. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
pervasive developmental disorders
yes

2. What is conductive hearing loss?
21 or younger
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Stanford 9
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES

3. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
the DSM- IV
Council for Exceptional Children
ecological

4. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
Curriculum based assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Emotional disturbance
assistive technology

5. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
group contingency contracting
LRE
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
articulation

6. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as
curriculum based assessment
compensatory education
18
Procedural safeguards

7. ADHD criteria is defined by
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
discriminatory stimulus
the DSM- IV
pervasive developmental disorders

8. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Multiple disabilities
Traumatic brain injury
delayed language and echolalia
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

9. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
IFSP
students who are mentally retarded
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
45%

10. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
try to find appropriate content at grade level
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

11. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
group contingency contracting
50%
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
1%

12. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
two to nine percent
General education classrooms
students who are mentally retarded

13. 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
Program first placement second
where Section 504 comes from
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
direct instruction

14. 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
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
contingency based self - management
whole language
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

15. From a functional perspective deafness is related to difficulties with the ability to...
Hear and understand speech
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

16. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
PARC vs. State of Penn
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
90%

17. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing
Deafness
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Orthopedic impairment
pervasive developmental disorders

18. 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
ecological
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
pervasive developmental disorders
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

19. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Multiple disabilities
social stories
categorical approach
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

20. A psychoanalytic approach would explain behavior disorders as resulting from
Specific learning disability
visual impairment
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
early traumatic experiences

21. What does a cochlear implant do?
1%
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
developmental
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

22. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?
IFSP
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
mental retardation
yes

23. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
no
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional vision assessment

24. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
ESEA Act
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

25. What are four types of data based decision making?
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Hearing impairment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

26. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Emotional disturbance
two to nine percent
1%
Traumatic brain injury

27. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Specific learning disability
an audiometer
delayed language and echolalia

28. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
direct instruction
discriminatory stimulus
ther health impairments

29. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
Orthopedic impairment
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
augmentative communciation
pervasive developmental disorders

30. The principle of 2004 that will not let you suspend a student if his behavior is a function of his disability is known as
the Cummins model
Learning disabilities
zero reject
life space analysis

31. 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
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

32. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
categorical approach
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

33. A phenomena in which students with disabilities think they fail no harder they try is called
learned helplessness
discriminatory stimulus
principles of IDEA
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

34. Yes
curriculum based assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
whole language
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

35. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
Curriculum based assessment
45%
1%
they modify students thought patterns

36. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
where Section 504 comes from
an audiometer

37. 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
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
an individualized transition plan
developmental
not legal

38. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
Program first placement second
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

39. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
90%
Orthopedic impairment
the Cummins model

40. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
yes
Deaf - blindness
augmentative communciation
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

41. What is the prevalence of autism?
Deaf - blindness
Sixty days
social stories
10 per 10 - 100 children

42. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
discriminatory stimulus
student to student
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Stanford 9

43. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
social stories
visual impairment
no

44. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
contingency based self - management
an individualized transition plan
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of

45. Standord Binet and Scales of Independent Behavior
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
compensatory education
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

46. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
How 504 defines a disability
Stanford 9
they modify students thought patterns

47. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
hearing loss that happened after birth
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
1%
Mental retardation

48. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
learning disability
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Larry P vs. Riles

49. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that was present at birth
Mental retardation
not legal

50. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
group contingency contracting