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Praxis Special Ed

Subjects : praxis, teaching
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1. Three examples of supplemental aides for death students






2. Prelinguistic mileau training allows teachers to teach language skills to...






3. How a child's life experiences effect his learning






4. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?






5. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974






6. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language






7. Birthplace of FAPE






8. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?






9. Professional collaboration - philosophy of diversity - use of cooperative learning






10. The most likely reason to adminster a Woodcock Johnson would be to test for...






11. What does adaptive behavior mean?






12. What is the broadest means of using technology for speech and language purposes?






13. Students with mild mental retardation make up what percentage of students with mental retardation






14. Students with learning disabilities account for what percent of children in special education






15. developmental delay that effects verbal and non - verbal communication and social interaction is called...






16. In order to identify a student with a learning disability most examiners are concerned with a discrepancy between...






17. Name three components of the AAMR definition of mental retardation






18. co - occurring impairments causing severe educational needs; does not include deaf - blindness






19. What are the three sub types of ADHD?






20. Using objectives from the students work in class as a means to evaluate progress and adapt instruction is known as






21. Almost 2/3rds of children with ADD or ADHD also have some kind of






22. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation






23. What instrument do we use to test hearing?






24. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education






25. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors






26. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests






27. Mobility training for students who are visually impaired can involve...






28. What is acquired hearing loss?






29. Atypical language development manifests itself in these two ways?






30. asmtha - add - adhd - diabetes - epilepsy






31. What is an adventitious visual impairment?






32. Is FBA a type of ecological assessment?






33. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?






34. What does outer - directedness mean?






35. In making a decision about curriculum and instruction for a student with a disability what piece of information is most useful?






36. Is inviting every single teacher to an IEP meeting something that will put parents at ease






37. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?






38. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior






39. Least Restrictive Environment; students with disabilities must have the same access to curriculum as their non - disabled peers






40. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?






41. subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive behavior






42. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?






43. What to cognitive behavioral therapists do?






44. In order to be identified as having mental retardation a child must demonstrate significantly sub average functioning and






45. Autism falls on the spectrum of...






46. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one






47. What does a cochlear implant do?






48. earing impairment that is so severe to cause impaired processing of linguistic information through hearing






49. Asperger Syndrome is defined as






50. 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