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Praxis Special Ed

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1. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
developmental
Hearing impairment
a hearing aid
Hudson vs Rowley determined that 'appropriate education' means that

2. A model used with ESL and deaf students
Learning disabilities
the Cummins model
curriculum based assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

3. What is acquired hearing loss?
social stories
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that happened after birth

4. A 14 year old boy with mild autism would have what in his curriculum
functional skills - social skills - career skills
pervasive developmental disorders
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
assistive technology

5. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
delayed language and echolalia
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Program first placement second
yes

6. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education
1%
yes
categorical approach
50%

7. What are four types of data based decision making?
negative reinforcement
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Larry P vs. Riles
Orthopedic impairment

8. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
learned helplessness
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes

9. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
duration recording
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

10. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
they modify students thought patterns
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
Autism

11. A resource room teacher would be most likely to contact an OT to
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
teach a student with muscular dystrophy how to paint with a brush
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
pervasive developmental disorders

12. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
articulation
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
try to find appropriate content at grade level
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

13. 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
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
yes
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

14. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease
visual impairment
90%
ecological
yes

15. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
no
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Procedural safeguards
yes

16. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
where Section 504 comes from
45%
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
functional skills - social skills - career skills

17. Birthplace of FAPE
PARC vs. State of Penn
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Emotional disturbance
an audiometer

18. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
medication and a behavior management intervention
ESEA Act
functional skills - social skills - career skills

19. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
Larry P vs. Riles
Curriculum based assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

20. Share the responsibility for the students education
zero reject
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
contingency based self - management
General education classrooms

21. severe orthopedic impairment - including impairments caused by congenital anomalies - disease - and other causes
18
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Orthopedic impairment

22. 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
yes
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
How 504 defines a disability

23. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
a hearing aid
General education classrooms
social stories
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve

24. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
How 504 defines a disability
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

25. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
IFSP
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
assistive technology
students who have significant challenges in social and emotional functioning without delays in language or intellectual functioning

26. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
no
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
curriculum based assessment
CCTV - optical scanner - computers

27. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
early traumatic experiences
General education classrooms
Traumatic brain injury

28. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
Traumatic brain injury
contingency based self - management
Stanford 9

29. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
where Section 504 comes from
medication and a behavior management intervention
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

30. Specific learning disability
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
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
whole language

31. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Fourteen
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
student to student
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

32. What is conductive hearing loss?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
students who are mentally retarded
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
Specific learning disability

33. The process for assessing data regarding student environments for community based instruction is called a?
life space analysis
Traumatic brain injury
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Deaf - blindness

34. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...

35. What does FVA stand for?
yes
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
functional vision assessment
ecological

36. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
10 per 10 - 100 children
learned helplessness
Learning disabilities

37. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Non - discriminatory assessment
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
LRE
not legal

38. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
the DSM- IV
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

39. Using a single IQ test to determine placement is...
they modify students thought patterns
Multiple disabilities
an audiometer
not legal

40. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
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
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

41. 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
curriculum based assessment
functional vision assessment
General education classrooms
group contingency contracting

42. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing
loop systems - closed - caption technology and computers
Procedural safeguards
categorical approach

43. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
try to find appropriate content at grade level
principles of IDEA
Traumatic brain injury

44. What does adaptive behavior mean?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills

45. What is the prevalence of autism?
Deaf - blindness
learning disability
articulation
10 per 10 - 100 children

46. What is an adventitious visual impairment?
Program first placement second
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
the DSM- IV
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

47. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
hearing loss that happened after birth
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
students who are mentally retarded
inattentive - hyperactive - combination

48. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Multiple disabilities
hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear
principles of IDEA
Orthopedic impairment

49. Metacognition is connected to
having them practice filing out job applications
executive functioning
Non - discriminatory assessment
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP

50. Students must be involved in transition planning services starting at age...
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Fourteen
Curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?