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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
group contingency contracting
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
curriculum based assessment
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

2. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
augmentative communciation
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
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3. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
Learning disabilities
having them practice filing out job applications
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
a hearing aid

4. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
Traumatic brain injury
student to student
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

5. 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
augmentative communciation
executive functioning
How 504 defines a disability
assistive technology

6. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
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
life space analysis

7. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
contingency based self - management
life space analysis
LRE

8. About 80% of all speech disorders are characterized by difficulties with...
medication and a behavior management intervention
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
learning disability
articulation

9. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
1%
Multiple disabilities
speech or language impairment

10. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Specific learning disability
Procedural safeguards
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

11. Specific learning disability
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
they modify students thought patterns
Multiple disabilities
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

12. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
categorical approach
mental retardation
Learning disabilities
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13. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

14. Plans that goals and objectives including future employment - independent living - and adult services for students 14 years and older are know as
an individualized transition plan
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
group contingency contracting
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers

15. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Procedural safeguards
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

16. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
21 or younger
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
early traumatic experiences
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

17. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
whole language
functional skills - social skills - career skills
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

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
medication and a behavior management intervention
ecological
two to nine percent
functional skills - social skills - career skills

19. Mental retardation originates before what age?
Larry P vs. Riles
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Sixty days
18

20. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
curriculum based assessment
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
not legal
no

21. hearing and visual impariments causing severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
assistive technology
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
Deaf - blindness

22. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
group contingency contracting
How 504 defines a disability
LRE

23. Share the responsibility for the students education
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
curriculum based assessment
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
a vision loss after a person had normal vision

24. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
LRE
Mental retardation
10 per 10 - 100 children
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

25. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?
Fourteen
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
Curriculum based assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation

26. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
try to find appropriate content at grade level
hearing loss that was present at birth
Deafness
not legal

27. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
General education classrooms
social stories
an audiometer

28. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
group contingency contracting
50%
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Orthopedic impairment

29. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
learning disability
Sixty days
90%
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

30. 504
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
the DSM- IV
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Sixty days

31. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
Larry P vs. Riles
Hearing impairment
a hearing aid
yes

32. 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
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
augmentative communciation
Council for Exceptional Children
developmental

33. Metacognition is connected to
Specific learning disability
executive functioning
Mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

34. Two student who sat next to each other and distract one another then the teacher moves them and they stop talking...
medication and a behavior management intervention
ESEA Act
yes
manipulating the antecedent stimulus

35. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
90%
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
two to nine percent

36. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
ecological
PARC vs. State of Penn
delayed language and echolalia
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

37. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
early traumatic experiences
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
students who are mentally retarded

38. ADHD criteria is defined by
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
the DSM- IV
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear

39. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
zero reject
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
an individualized transition plan

40. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
the DSM- IV
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
speech or language impairment

41. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
Traumatic brain injury
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Council for Exceptional Children

42. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Mental retardation

43. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that happened after birth
Curriculum based assessment
learned helplessness

44. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
ther health impairments
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind

45. 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?
developmental
medication and a behavior management intervention
articulation
try to find appropriate content at grade level

46. What does a cochlear implant do?
categorical approach
having them practice filing out job applications
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
10 per 10 - 100 children

47. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
direct instruction
developmental
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

48. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
Curriculum based assessment
categorical approach
50%
Larry P vs. Riles

49. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
direct instruction
Learning disabilities
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss that was present at birth

50. Yes
Mental retardation
an individualized transition plan
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?