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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
where Section 504 comes from
categorical approach
life space analysis

2. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
ecological
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation

3. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?
Autism
delayed language and echolalia
Non - discriminatory assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

4. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
social stories
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
categorical approach
learned helplessness

5. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
yes
yes
where Section 504 comes from
Stanford 9

6. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
mental retardation
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
yes

7. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
duration recording
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
not legal
Stanford 9

8. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
try to find appropriate content at grade level
21 or younger
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

9. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
social stories
Learning disabilities
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
45%

10. What does outer - directedness mean?
augmentative communciation
Procedural safeguards
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

11. An organization that was founded in 1922 to advocate for all children with disabilities is called the
Program first placement second
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
ecological
Council for Exceptional Children

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
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
Deafness

13. 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
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
PARC vs. State of Penn
assistive technology

14. Asperger Syndrome is defined as
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
group contingency contracting
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments

15. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
learning disability
Emotional disturbance
Autism
Traumatic brain injury

16. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
the DSM- IV
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
21 or younger

17. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Emotional disturbance
Larry P vs. Riles
student to student

18. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
pervasive developmental disorders
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
functional skills - social skills - career skills

19. 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
try to find appropriate content at grade level
whole language
Mental retardation
Specific learning disability

20. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
an audiometer
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Emotional disturbance

21. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
an individualized transition plan
mental retardation
an audiometer
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

22. Share the responsibility for the students education
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Procedural safeguards
Stanford 9
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

23. What does adaptive behavior mean?
hearing loss that was present at birth
augmentative communciation
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?

24. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Learning disabilities
visual impairment
yes

25. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
Hearing impairment
no
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

26. A girl who has long temper tantrums needs to have her behavior observed in what way for a baseline assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
discriminatory stimulus
Autism
duration recording

27. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
they modify students thought patterns
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
delayed language and echolalia
augmentative communciation

28. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
Specific learning disability
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

29. What are the four types of causes of mental retardation?
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
a hearing aid
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

30. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
students who are mentally retarded
Mental retardation

31. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Emotional disturbance
ESEA Act
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

32. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Specific learning disability
two to nine percent
social stories
principles of IDEA

33. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Non - discriminatory assessment
yes
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

34. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
mental retardation

35. 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?
principles of IDEA
try to find appropriate content at grade level
they modify students thought patterns
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

36. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Curriculum based assessment
discriminatory stimulus

37. Multiple and severe disabilties
executive functioning
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
having them practice filing out job applications
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

38. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
hearing loss that happened after birth
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
the DSM- IV
they modify students thought patterns

39. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
90%
LRE
student to student

40. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Deaf - blindness
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
General education classrooms

41. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Fourteen
Mental retardation
Hear and understand speech

42. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
Hearing impairment
executive functioning
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush

43. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
functional vision assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
students who are mentally retarded

44. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
90%
Hear and understand speech
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

45. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
IFSP
Mental retardation
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

46. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Specific learning disability

47. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
curriculum based assessment
whole language
augmentative communciation
Deaf - blindness

48. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness
Curriculum based assessment
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
Orthopedic impairment
Multiple disabilities

49. A remedial approach
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
functional vision assessment
Procedural safeguards

50. In errorless learning SD stands for?
group contingency contracting
Hearing impairment
LRE
discriminatory stimulus