Practice Test 1

Question 1

Noam Chomsky

Answer 1

Children with impoverished backgrounds are more likely to have behavioral and emotional difficulties

Question 2

In all cases of suicidal ideation…

Answer 2

Parents will have to be notified early

Question 3

Do you need parental permission to talk with a student about their cognitive assessment results?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

A test’s psychometrics in general should be above…

Answer 4

0.70

Question 5

School “readiness” is related to…

Answer 5

A condition that exists when maturation is sufficiently developed to allow the rapid acquisition of basic academic skills

Question 6

The halo effect

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When an initial positive judgment unconsciously colors the perception of the individual as a whole (can confound formal observations)

Question 7

Erikson’s Stages of Development

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Birth-18 months: Trust v. Mistrust
2-3: Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
3-5: Initiative v. Guilt
6-11: Industry v. Inferiority
12-18: Identity v. Role Confusion

Question 8

Complaints regarding Section 504 should be directed to…

Answer 8

The Office for Civil Rights

Question 9

When parents demand to see a test protocol…

Answer 9

Provide parents with qualitative information and your reasoning when interpreting results. A protocol may be used in your explanation, but not copied.

Question 10

Autism is associated with…

Answer 10

Abnormalities in brain structures and function

Question 11

Which approaches are best for building intrinsic motivation?

Answer 11

Cognitive approaches (e.g., choice selection)

Question 12

Which therapy works best for selective mutism?

Answer 12

Stimulus fading (i.e., gradual desensitization)

Question 13

Albert Bandura

Answer 13

Studied aggression in children and conducted experiments using a “Bobo” doll.

Question 14

Heuristic

Answer 14

A tool used in problem solving and is based on reducing the number of factors to consider

Question 15

What is the prevalence rate for learning disabilities?

Answer 15

4-8%

Question 16

What is the gifted range for standard scores?

Answer 16

125-135

Question 17

Narrative recording

Answer 17

Contains a running record and notes on a student

Question 18

Student learning develops as target skills progress through which phases?

Answer 18

Acquisition -> proficiency -> generalization -> adaptation

Question 19

What key sources of information should be used in an effective threat assessment?

Answer 19

Student of concern interview, parents, staff, and peers

Question 20

What should all effective threat assessment and risk management plans contain?

Answer 20

Increased supervision at school and home

Question 21

Dialectical behavior therapy attempt to build skills related to the following four primary areas:

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mindfulness, stress tolerance, interpersonal skills, and emotional regulation

Question 22

What is the primary trait of PTSD?

Answer 22

The urge to retell the personal perception and interpretation of the traumatic event

Question 23

A concussion is commonly referred to as…

Answer 23

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

Question 24

Legal case most closely aligned to least restrictive environment

Answer 24

Oberti v. Cementon

Question 25

Father of school psychology

Answer 25

Lightner Witmer

Question 26

Perkins Act

Answer 26

Gives rights to transition special education students into vocational programs

Question 27

Hobson v. Hansen

Answer 27

Schools must provide equal educational opportunities despite a family's SES

Question 28

Diana v. State Board of Education

Answer 28

Assessments must be administered in the native language of the student to validate minority testing practices

Question 29

Larry P. v. Riles

Answer 29

The percentage of minority students placed in special education classrooms cannot exceed the percentage in the representative population

Question 30

PASE v. Hannon

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Endorsed the use of standardized tests as long as the tests are not culturally biased and are used with several other measures

Question 31

PARC v. Commonwealth of PA

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Marks the genesis of FAPE; intellectually disabled children should have access to public education and due process rights should be honored and preserved

Question 32

Marshall v. Georgia

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The percentage of minorities placed in special education can exceed the percentage in the representative population as long as the appropriate and proper steps for placement were followed

Question 33

Honig v. Doe

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Special education students must have a manifestation hearing to review placement if they are suspended for more than 10 days

Question 34

Oberti v. Cementon

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Affirmed the rights of special needs students to be included in regular education classes and activities

Question 35

Rowley v. Hudson Board of Ed.

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Public schools do not have to provide the best education, but rather an adequate education; defined parameters for FAPE

Question 36

Tarasoff Case

Answer 36

A school district has a duty to warn the parents if their child is in danger

Question 37

Lau v. Nichols

Answer 37

Schools must provide accommodations for ESL students

Question 38

Tatro v. Irving Independent School District

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Schools must provide medical services that do not require a medical doctor to perform such medical services, even if the child needs full-time attention from a nurse

Question 39

Piaget's Four Stages of Development

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``` Sensorimotor (0-2): Involves motor actions and senses Preoperational (2-7): Symbolic function emerges Concrete operational (7-11): Begin to think about more than just one dimension of a problem or situation Formal operational (11+): Complex abstract thought emerges and hypothetical and deductive reasoning develops ```

Question 40

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

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Preconventional: Behavior is based on the desire to avoid punishment and gain rewards Conventional: Behavior is designed to acquire the approval of others and maintain social relations Postconventional: Judgements about right and wrong are logical and behavior is controlled by an internalized ethical code that is relatively independent of the approval or disapproval of others

Question 41

three levels of RTI data analysis

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variability, level, and trend

Question 42

What percentage of students have reported being bullied?

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20-30%

Question 43

Prevalence of ASD

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1 in 88 people

Question 44

Theory associated with perspective-taking difficulties

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Theory of Mind

Question 45

Best practices in pedagogy involve which broad concepts?

Answer 45

Explicit & systematic

Question 46

How much time does a special education team have to complete a formal evaluation if signed permission to proceed has been provided?

Answer 46

60 days

Question 47

Who is considered the first school psychologist?

Answer 47

Arnold Gesell

Question 48

The right hemisphere of the brain is associated with...

Answer 48

new learning and processing novel information

Question 49

The left hemisphere of the brain is associated with...

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memory for learned facts, logic, and details

Question 50

Cognitive processing model

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attention -> encoding -> storage -> decoding

Question 51

Epstein's Model of Parental Involvement

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parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, collaborating with community

Question 52

MLM

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statistical model of parameters that vary at more than one level

Question 53

According to NASP, suicide in the school-aged population is the

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second leading cause of death

Question 54

Bullying is conceptualized as

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Violence characterized by a consistent abuse of power