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Praxis Special Ed

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Yes
delayed language and echolalia
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

2. 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
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
group contingency contracting
not legal
a hearing aid

3. How you teach young children with autism social interaction?
18
social stories
the DSM- IV
group contingency contracting

4. What does adaptive behavior mean?
the DSM- IV
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
duration recording
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment

5. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Orthopedic impairment
where Section 504 comes from
LRE

6. What are the three categories in the range of visual impairments?
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
learned helplessness

7. A ecological inventory for an MR student in a fast food environment would be...
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
How 504 defines a disability
PARC vs. State of Penn
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide

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

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9. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...
an individualized transition plan
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
yes

10. Direct instruction does not involve ____________ interaction
student to student
visual impairment
Hearing impairment
direct instruction

11. IEP - LRE - Student/parent participation - FAPE - procedural safeguards - appropriate evaluation
Specific learning disability
principles of IDEA
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
Deafness

12. According to IDEA 2004 is ADD ADHD a separate disability catagory?
manipulating the antecedent stimulus
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
early traumatic experiences
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan

13. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation
no
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
Deaf - blindness
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

14. What are the three domains of adaptive behavior?
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called
negative reinforcement
Specific learning disability

15. A statement that explains why the placement is the least restrictive environemnt
45%
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Deaf - blindness

16. In order to meet the needs of an infant or toddler with disabilities
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
IFSP
functional skills - social skills - career skills

17. What are some examples of assistive technology for blind students?
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
not legal
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors

18. What is indicative of a receptive language disorder?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
hearing loss that was present at birth
mental retardation
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

19. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
compensatory education
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
duration recording
whole language

20. How does deafness connect to IDEA?
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
LRE
executive functioning
hearing loss makes effects language development through reading - writing

21. What is the prevalence of autism?
contingency based self - management
two test that are often used to identify mental retardation
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
10 per 10 - 100 children

22. Specific learning disability
Stanford 9
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
ESEA Act
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

23. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
assistive technology
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
social stories

24. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
response by response - instructional and test data - error data - anecdotal data
90%
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

25. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...
Learning disabilities
no it goes in through other health impairments or a 504 plan
hearing loss that was present at birth
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?

26. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
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
learning disability
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

27. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
45%
10 per 10 - 100 children
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
zero reject

28. If a spanish student is tested in english for his WICS- VI his parents can contest the results on the basis of
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
whole language
early traumatic experiences
Multiple disabilities

29. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
they modify students thought patterns
functional skills - social skills - career skills
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
having them practice filing out job applications

30. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

31. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior
45%
Mental retardation
Hear and understand speech
Curriculum based assessment

32. 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
two to nine percent
assistive technology
direct instruction
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution

33. Randi has an average IQ score but scores far below grade in reading - writing - and math: this profile is most consistent with a...
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Specific learning disability
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Council for Exceptional Children

34. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...
learning disability
students who are mentally retarded
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

35. IDEA 04 does not require IEP's for students...
life space analysis
an individualized transition plan
21 or younger
Hear and understand speech

36. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational
functional skills - social skills - career skills
they modify students thought patterns
Specific learning disability

37. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
Orthopedic impairment
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
Emotional disturbance

38. When a child with mild hearing loss cannot understand teacher directions the first step should be to
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
have the teacher never give instructions when facing the board
life space analysis
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning

39. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
executive functioning
compensatory education
ther health impairments

40. Autism falls on the spectrum of...
pervasive developmental disorders
visual impairment
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain

41. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of
functional skills - social skills - career skills
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
learning disability
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

42. Name four areas of executive function
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
zero reject

43. What is the standard achievement test for deaf students?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
hearing loss that happened after birth
Stanford 9

44. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
yes
discriminatory stimulus
biomedical - social - behavioral - and educational

45. What are three biological causes for ADHD?
where Section 504 comes from
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
no
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes

46. acquired injury to the brain caused by external physical force resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment of both
executive functioning
Hearing impairment
10 per 10 - 100 children
Traumatic brain injury

47. Social - emotional - physical - cognitive - adaptive - & communication
try to find appropriate content at grade level
social stories
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
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

48. Placing students with same disabilities together for instruction purposes represents a
categorical approach
group contingency contracting
How 504 defines a disability
yes

49. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
Curriculum based assessment
group contingency contracting
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools
Non - discriminatory assessment

50. 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
General education classrooms
Autism
direct instruction
pre - referral screening and an in class observation