Praxis: Special Education
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,What is required for all children who are identified as IEP - Individual Education Plan
disabled and require special services?
Difficulties using expressive and receptive language, Speech/Language Impairment
delays in pragmatics and problems with fluency, voice, and
articulation
Achievement is not commensurate with abilities and Specific Learning Disablity
demonstrates difficulties w/ listening, reasoning, memory,
attention, social skills, perception, and processing
information which may emerge w/ problems in reading,
written language, math, and behavior.
Conditions of medical problems w/ limited strength, vitality, Other Health Impairments
and alertness such as diabetes, epilepsy, attention deficits,
and disease.
Physical problems such as cerebral palsy, muscular Orthopedic Imprairments
dystrophy, and Spina Bifida, possibly requiring adaptations
w/ devices and equipment.
Deficits in adaptive behaviors problems w/ learning related Intellectual Disability
to cognition, difficulties w/ memory, issues w/ problem
solving, delays in social skills, difficulties generalizing
skills, and attention problems.
Difficulties processing linguistic information and using Hearing Impairments
spoken language to communicate problems w. social
relationships, deficits in emotional maturity, and delays in
academics.
Exhibits inappropriate internalizing and externalizing Emotional Disturbance / Behavioral Disorder
behaviors, atypical emotions, and disruptive behaviors and
lacks the skills for developing positive relationships.
Communication and language deficits impaired social Autism
relationships often interacting w/ objects and people in
unusual manners, exhibition of difficult behaviors and
demonstration of limited intellectual functioning and
atypical reactions to sensory stimuli
What has tremendous impact on social-emotional Environment
development.
What environmental factors impact social-emotional Parents, Gender, Sibblings, and Individual Temperment
development?
What, other than environment, impacts social-emotional Communication, Language, and Congnation
development?
What areas in life are effected by language development? reading, listening, writning, all academic subjects, and social relationships
The systematic use of sounds, signs, or written symbols Language
for the purpose of communication or expression.
,The ability to understand and comprehend information that Receptive Language
is presented.
Ability to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas Expressive Language
through words gestures, sign systems, assistive devices,
and so on.
Using movments of the mouth area to make speech Articulation
sounds
Development that focuses on thinking and reasoning w/ Mental Skill Development - Cognition
specific clusters that are important in all aspects of
learning.
A system of combining words into sentences w/ rules that Syntax
govern how words work together in phases, clauses, and
sentences.
The meaning of language communicates; it governs Semantics
vocabulary development.
Knowledge of successful and appropriate language use, Pragmatics
such as in conversion.
What are the four areas of the Social/Emotional domain? Self-Concept; Self-Confidence; Self-Esteem; and Self-Competence
Includes various behaviors, adaptive behavior deficits, Psychological
disruptive behaviors, and withdrawl
Includes affective behaviors, poor social skills, poor self- Social
concept, poor motivation, and debilitating mood states.
This affects all areas of development is the most Cognitive Domain
significant, and can transform, through maturity, practice,
and normal aging.
Includes cognative and meta-cognitive deficits, low Educational
academic achievment, poor memory, attention problems,
hyperactivity, and perceptual disorders.
Includes problems related to diseases, illness, trama, Medical/Physical
genetics, fine and gross motor skills, sensory imput, and
sensory perception.
What is included in adaptive behavior? (3) Self-help skills - feeding, dressing, toileting
Composite of abilities based on a child's age and the Adaptive Behavior
cultural moves of the family
, Who are four of the theoriests that inpact physical Gesell, Piaget, Ayres, Kephart
development?
How muscles coordinate movments with the information Perceptual Motor
recieved through the environment by the senses.
Use of sensory information such as tactile, vestibular, and Sensory-Integration
proprioceptive
Small muscle movment of the hands, fingers, feet, toes, Fine Motor
face.
Large Muscle movment such as in the torso, neck, arms, Gross Motor
legs.
What are the four areas of physical development? Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Sensory-Integration, Perceptual Motor
The first area of growth and learning that a child Physical Development
experiences.
Difficulties in the areas of cognition, memory, attention, Traumatic Brain Injury
judgment, and problem solving, as well as physical and
sensory changes, social, behavioral, or emotional
problems.
When are children eligible for services? The condition has a major impact of learning and a special program is mecessary to
benefit from an education.
A syndrome related to neuralogical function that is Autism
evidence by deficits in social interactions, communications
and patterns of behavior, various disorders in the group
are differentiated by age of on-set and severity of
symptoms.
Defines an individual w/ significant subaverage general Intellectual Disability
intellectual functioning concurrently w/ deficates in
adaptive behavior manifesting during the developmental
period and adversely affecting performance.
Related to diseases or chronic health conditions a student Other Health Impairments
w/ limited strength, vitality, or alertness that adversely
affects educational performance.
What are the three ways cognition can transform? Maturity, practice, normal aging
What are the areas of human development? (4) Social and Emotional; Language; Congnition; Physical and Sensory
Updated Questions and
Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep
and Comprehensive
Rationales Included
,What is required for all children who are identified as IEP - Individual Education Plan
disabled and require special services?
Difficulties using expressive and receptive language, Speech/Language Impairment
delays in pragmatics and problems with fluency, voice, and
articulation
Achievement is not commensurate with abilities and Specific Learning Disablity
demonstrates difficulties w/ listening, reasoning, memory,
attention, social skills, perception, and processing
information which may emerge w/ problems in reading,
written language, math, and behavior.
Conditions of medical problems w/ limited strength, vitality, Other Health Impairments
and alertness such as diabetes, epilepsy, attention deficits,
and disease.
Physical problems such as cerebral palsy, muscular Orthopedic Imprairments
dystrophy, and Spina Bifida, possibly requiring adaptations
w/ devices and equipment.
Deficits in adaptive behaviors problems w/ learning related Intellectual Disability
to cognition, difficulties w/ memory, issues w/ problem
solving, delays in social skills, difficulties generalizing
skills, and attention problems.
Difficulties processing linguistic information and using Hearing Impairments
spoken language to communicate problems w. social
relationships, deficits in emotional maturity, and delays in
academics.
Exhibits inappropriate internalizing and externalizing Emotional Disturbance / Behavioral Disorder
behaviors, atypical emotions, and disruptive behaviors and
lacks the skills for developing positive relationships.
Communication and language deficits impaired social Autism
relationships often interacting w/ objects and people in
unusual manners, exhibition of difficult behaviors and
demonstration of limited intellectual functioning and
atypical reactions to sensory stimuli
What has tremendous impact on social-emotional Environment
development.
What environmental factors impact social-emotional Parents, Gender, Sibblings, and Individual Temperment
development?
What, other than environment, impacts social-emotional Communication, Language, and Congnation
development?
What areas in life are effected by language development? reading, listening, writning, all academic subjects, and social relationships
The systematic use of sounds, signs, or written symbols Language
for the purpose of communication or expression.
,The ability to understand and comprehend information that Receptive Language
is presented.
Ability to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas Expressive Language
through words gestures, sign systems, assistive devices,
and so on.
Using movments of the mouth area to make speech Articulation
sounds
Development that focuses on thinking and reasoning w/ Mental Skill Development - Cognition
specific clusters that are important in all aspects of
learning.
A system of combining words into sentences w/ rules that Syntax
govern how words work together in phases, clauses, and
sentences.
The meaning of language communicates; it governs Semantics
vocabulary development.
Knowledge of successful and appropriate language use, Pragmatics
such as in conversion.
What are the four areas of the Social/Emotional domain? Self-Concept; Self-Confidence; Self-Esteem; and Self-Competence
Includes various behaviors, adaptive behavior deficits, Psychological
disruptive behaviors, and withdrawl
Includes affective behaviors, poor social skills, poor self- Social
concept, poor motivation, and debilitating mood states.
This affects all areas of development is the most Cognitive Domain
significant, and can transform, through maturity, practice,
and normal aging.
Includes cognative and meta-cognitive deficits, low Educational
academic achievment, poor memory, attention problems,
hyperactivity, and perceptual disorders.
Includes problems related to diseases, illness, trama, Medical/Physical
genetics, fine and gross motor skills, sensory imput, and
sensory perception.
What is included in adaptive behavior? (3) Self-help skills - feeding, dressing, toileting
Composite of abilities based on a child's age and the Adaptive Behavior
cultural moves of the family
, Who are four of the theoriests that inpact physical Gesell, Piaget, Ayres, Kephart
development?
How muscles coordinate movments with the information Perceptual Motor
recieved through the environment by the senses.
Use of sensory information such as tactile, vestibular, and Sensory-Integration
proprioceptive
Small muscle movment of the hands, fingers, feet, toes, Fine Motor
face.
Large Muscle movment such as in the torso, neck, arms, Gross Motor
legs.
What are the four areas of physical development? Gross Motor, Fine Motor, Sensory-Integration, Perceptual Motor
The first area of growth and learning that a child Physical Development
experiences.
Difficulties in the areas of cognition, memory, attention, Traumatic Brain Injury
judgment, and problem solving, as well as physical and
sensory changes, social, behavioral, or emotional
problems.
When are children eligible for services? The condition has a major impact of learning and a special program is mecessary to
benefit from an education.
A syndrome related to neuralogical function that is Autism
evidence by deficits in social interactions, communications
and patterns of behavior, various disorders in the group
are differentiated by age of on-set and severity of
symptoms.
Defines an individual w/ significant subaverage general Intellectual Disability
intellectual functioning concurrently w/ deficates in
adaptive behavior manifesting during the developmental
period and adversely affecting performance.
Related to diseases or chronic health conditions a student Other Health Impairments
w/ limited strength, vitality, or alertness that adversely
affects educational performance.
What are the three ways cognition can transform? Maturity, practice, normal aging
What are the areas of human development? (4) Social and Emotional; Language; Congnition; Physical and Sensory
