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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Fourteen
articulation
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

2. 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?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
the DSM- IV
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
developmental

3. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
no
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
LRE

4. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Autism
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
curriculum based assessment
IFSP

5. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
50%
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
no
they modify students thought patterns

6. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
Sixty days
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
speech or language impairment
Program first placement second

7. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
an individualized transition plan
Deaf - blindness
Non - discriminatory assessment

8. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Stanford 9
Curriculum based assessment
Deaf - blindness
ther health impairments

9. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
IFSP
Emotional disturbance
social stories
they modify students thought patterns

10. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Mental retardation
90%
life space analysis

11. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
assistive technology
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Program first placement second
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

12. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

13. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
Deafness
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
ther health impairments
Learning disabilities

14. The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales would most likely be an example of
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
mental retardation
group contingency contracting

15. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional skills - social skills - career skills
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

16. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
Non - discriminatory assessment
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
compensatory education

17. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
social stories
not legal

18. 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
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
group contingency contracting
Stanford 9
mental retardation

19. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
Larry P vs. Riles
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

20. Spina bifida
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Program first placement second

21. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Deafness

22. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

23. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
90%
yes
Learning disabilities

24. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
zero reject
Program first placement second
ecological

25. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
a hearing aid
Autism
45%
pervasive developmental disorders

26. What is conductive hearing loss?
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
zero reject
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

27. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
duration recording
functional skills - social skills - career skills

28. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
having them practice filing out job applications
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

29. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
IFSP
compensatory education
21 or younger

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

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31. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
assistive technology
Fourteen
How 504 defines a disability
Hearing impairment

32. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
early traumatic experiences
mental retardation
Procedural safeguards
Orthopedic impairment

33. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
hearing loss that happened after birth
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
learned helplessness
yes

34. What does FVA stand for?
45%
augmentative communciation
functional vision assessment
pervasive developmental disorders

35. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
negative reinforcement
Deaf - blindness
Hearing impairment
a hearing aid

36. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
augmentative communciation
How 504 defines a disability
life space analysis
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board

37. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

38. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Emotional disturbance
PARC vs. State of Penn

39. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
executive functioning
duration recording
Non - discriminatory assessment
Specific learning disability

40. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
categorical approach
social stories
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

41. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
duration recording
an audiometer

42. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
duration recording
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
augmentative communciation
direct instruction

43. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
10 per 10 - 100 children
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
functional skills - social skills - career skills

44. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
hearing loss that was present at birth
contingency based self - management
learning disability
pervasive developmental disorders

45. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
augmentative communciation
IFSP
a hearing aid

46. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
negative reinforcement
yes
augmentative communciation
Council for Exceptional Children

47. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
compensatory education
50%
ESEA Act

48. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Multiple disabilities
Procedural safeguards
yes

49. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
hearing loss that was present at birth
where Section 504 comes from
10 per 10 - 100 children
articulation

50. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
students who are mentally retarded
Curriculum based assessment