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Praxis Special Ed

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1. Reinforce an appropriate but incompatible behavior
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
they modify students thought patterns
45%
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should

2. In a full - inclusion model services to students with disabilities are available in...
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
General education classrooms
Hearing impairment
functional vision assessment

3. According to IDEA 2004 can a student with a disability who brings drugs or weapons to school be expelled?
yes
contingency based self - management
zero reject
Curriculum based assessment

4. Share the responsibility for the students education
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
Traumatic brain injury
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher

5. What does outer - directedness mean?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
no
try to find appropriate content at grade level

6. 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
an individualized transition plan
group contingency contracting
having them practice filing out job applications
Name three traits of effective inclusive schools

7. communication disorders or language or voice impairments
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
speech or language impairment
LRE
pervasive developmental disorders

8. What are the three types of timing that effect mental retardation
early traumatic experiences
pre - natal - post - natal - and perinatal
Curriculum based assessment
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

9. What comes first in the IEP -- placement or program?
Program first placement second
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
learning disability
a student looking at other students to see what they are doing

10. What are the seven characteristics of autism?
duration recording
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
atypical language development - atypical social development - repetitive behavior - problem behavior - need for environmental predictability - sensory and movement disorders - differences in social and intellectual functioning
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them

11. Diana vs. State Board of Education - Larry P.vs Riles - and Lau vs. Nichols all addressed the issue of?
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
Non - discriminatory assessment
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs

12. Much broader than IDEA disabilities that effect a life experience
10 per 10 - 100 children
Council for Exceptional Children
Deaf - blindness
How 504 defines a disability

13. Do cochlear implants make sound louder?
social stories
General education classrooms
no
having them practice filing out job applications

14. If parents are considering that their 4th grade student may need special education services the first step would be to do a
students who are mentally retarded
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton

15. How a child's life experiences effect his learning
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
ecological
compensatory education
functional vision assessment

16. What does the Transition Planning Inventory assesses?
typical performance of individuals in meeting the various expectations of their environments
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
21 or younger
direct instruction

17. What are the three sub types of ADHD?
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word

18. A remedial approach
categorical approach
principles of IDEA
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
they modify students thought patterns

19. Four varying degrees of support for the mentally retarded
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive
Hear and understand speech
contingency based self - management
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?

20. What is sensorineural hearing loss?
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
45%
hearing loss that is caused by a problem in the inner ear/nerve pathway to the brain
intermittant - limited - extensive - and pervasive

21. Most people with severe and multiple disabilities have a primary condition of...
mental retardation
IFSP
Deafness
ecological

22. What instrument do we use to test hearing?
articulation
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
an audiometer

23. What time frame must an evaluation happen after the parents give consent?
A 10 th grader receiving direct instruction in decoding skills to facilitate the recognition of high - frequency words is getting?
Curriculum based assessment
Does FAPE cover students who have been suspended or expelled?
Sixty days

24. Name four areas of executive function
heredity - structural differences in the brain - and other biological causes
Traumatic brain injury
non - verbal working memory - internalization of speech - self - regulation of affect motivation and arousal - reconstitution
Council for Exceptional Children

25. 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
PARC vs. State of Penn
no
21 or younger

26. Misclassification of African Americans as mentally retarded because of unfair IQ tests
students who are mentally retarded
inattentive - hyperactive - combination
Larry P vs. Riles
Specific learning disability

27. 'Filing out job application and after school work with an electrician' are listed on Jeff's ITP his long term goal is to...
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Obtain skilled or semi - skilled employment
90%

28. What are the two major characteristics of mental retardation?
functional vision assessment
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
ecological
limitations in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

29. What would be an appropriate task for high school students with mild mental retardation?
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
having them practice filing out job applications
functional vision assessment
they modify students thought patterns

30. What percentage of deaf students spend most of their time in the regular education classrom
Mowat sensor - laser cane - sonic guide
nine knowledge - skill - and behavior areas to provide a level of performance information related to transition needs
Procedural safeguards
45%

31. Having students keeps track of their own behavior and then receive rewards for appropriate behavior is known as...
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
contingency based self - management
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
PARC vs. State of Penn

32. Dealt with the language of assessment - must be administered in the students native language
IDEA 2004 requires this on an IEP
Ability and achievement with ability being higher than acheivement
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
yes

33. What would an example of a multimodal treatment for a child with ADD be?
45%
medication and a behavior management intervention
the Cummins model
try to find appropriate content at grade level

34. What causes autism?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
Diana vs. the Board of Educaiton
Council for Exceptional Children

35. Under President Johnson in the 1960's basis for title one
student to student
IDEA 2004 non - discriminatory assessment
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
ESEA Act

36. Hearing loss is low- incidence disability that effects what percent of the population?
1%
In a full - inclusion model the special education teacher & the general education teacher
Mental retardation
life space analysis

37. What is CLOZE procedure?
18
modifying a passage and taking out every fifth word
90%
visual impairment

38. 504
Which law is more medically oriented IDEA or 504?
ESEA Act
CCTV - optical scanner - computers
A curriculum focusing on augmentative communication and assistive technology is most likely used with

39. A model used with ESL and deaf students
the Cummins model
speech or language impairment
an audiometer
The most frequently occurring permanently disabling birth defect - characterized by an abnormal opening in the spinal column - is called

40. Supreme Court Ruled that a deaf student did not need to have an interpreter to receive FAPE
10 per 10 - 100 children
low vision - functionally blind - totally blind
exploring the subenvironments within the restuarant
Rawley vs. Henry Hudson School district

41. A student with mild conductive loss is most likely to make use of a
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
ecological
a hearing aid

42. Social skills are crucial to success in inclusive education
duration recording
hearing loss that was present at birth
Many students with disabilities receive social skills instruction because...
life space analysis

43. What does a cochlear implant do?
it directly stimulates the auditory nerve
18
pre - referral screening and an in class observation
not legal

44. 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?
PARC vs. State of Penn
try to find appropriate content at grade level
related limitations in two or more areas of adaptive skills
zero reject

45. What behavior assessment scale is often used to rate students for ADHD?
abnormalities in brain development - neurochemistry - and genetic factors
the Connors behavior scale & ADDES
Developmental delay can occur in the areas of
subaverage intellectual functioning - deficits in two or more areas of adaptive behavior - and manifestation during the developmental period

46. impairment in hearing that affects educaitonal performance - but not included under the definition of deafness
18
Hearing impairment
principles of IDEA
executive functioning

47. inability to learn not explained by sensory intellectual or health factors
executive functioning
pervasive developmental disorders
According to a behavioral classroom management model - if a student exhibits an inappropriate behavior - the teacher should
Emotional disturbance

48. What does congenital hearing loss mean?
learning disability
functional skills - social skills - career skills
a vision loss after a person had normal vision
hearing loss that was present at birth

49. The Vocational and Rehabilitation Act of 1974
conceptual skills(self - determination - reading - and writing - social skills - practical skills
low motivation and distrusting their own solutions and depending upon others to guide them
the DSM- IV
where Section 504 comes from

50. Which principle of IDEA involves due process?
no
curriculum based assessment
Orthopedic impairment
Procedural safeguards