NES SPECIAL EDUCATION EXAM 601 FULL
SOLUTION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Learning Disabilities. Answer: Students with learning disabilities have
average or above average intelligence but an unexpected academic
weakness in one or more content areas.
⩥ Dyslexia. Answer: Impacts a student's ability to learn to read, to
recognize sound segments or letters, following along in text
comprehending what they read.
⩥ Dysgraphia. Answer: Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often
their handwriting and/or spelling.
⩥ Dyscalculia. Answer: Impacts a student's ability to understand
numbers and mathematical operations, remembering math facts and the
sequence of steps in math problems.
⩥ Intellectual Disabilities. Answer: Students qualify as having an
intellectual disability when they show developmental delays in most
aspects of academic and social functioning.
,⩥ Communication Disorders. Answer: Students who are more likely to
mispronounce sounds or have speech that lacks fluency are identified as
having speech disorder.
⩥ Articulation Disorders. Answer: Affects a student's ability to produce
certain sounds and sound combinations.
⩥ Fluency Disorders. Answer: Hesitations or stuttering
⩥ Specific language Impairment. Answer: Manifests as a delay in a
student's language development but the student shows no other
conditions that would cause such a delay in language development (e.g.,
autism, deafness)
⩥ Emotional Impairments. Answer: Typically, children who are
identified as having emotional impairments show behaviors or emotions
that are not appropriate for setting. Often they have trouble making
friends, working in groups, and maintaining personal relationships.
⩥ Anxiety Disorders. Answer: Characterized by excessive fears or
worry. Phobias, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
⩥ Mood Disorders. Answer: Including depression and bipolar disorder
(i.e., swings between elevated or manic mood and depression). Students
who are depressed may cry often, lose motivation for things that were
,once enjoyable, lose weight and disregard hygiene, or have suicidal
thoughts.
⩥ Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Answer: Students show hostile and
defiant behaviors, including temper tantrums, arguments, and irritability.
⩥ Conduct Disorders. Answer: Students consistently engage in
antisocial behaviors that interfere with others.
⩥ Attention Disorders. Answer: Students with attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more easily distracted and
divide their attention between multiple stimuli instead of staying on task
when compared to others at the same developmental level.
⩥ Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Answer: Range from mile to
severe based on the degree to which they show characteristics.
⩥ Atypical Language Development and Communication Delays.
Answer: Many never learn to communicate successfully using spoken
language. Some engage in echolalia, repeating pars of a sentence they
just hear. Many show limited eye contact or extreme focus or interest in
one topic or conversation. Students with ASD often have difficulty
understanding figurative language and humor.
, ⩥ Atypical Social Development. Answer: Students with autism do not
seem to recognize or respond to others' emotions, social cues, and
nonverbal signals. Many do not interact with others during play and/or
do not engage in reciprocal interactions.
⩥ Repetitive Behavior, Including Movement and Verbalizations.
Answer: Tics (physical) and obsessions (attention) are common.
⩥ Undesirable Behaviors. Answer: Some children with autism are
aggressive toward others or engage in repetitive self-injurious behaviors.
⩥ Need for Predictability. Answer: Many students with autism gain
security from environmental structure and experience anxiety in
unfamiliar situations. Some focus intensely on adherence to routines and
become upset if things are out of place or sequence.
⩥ Sensory and Movement Disorders. Answer: Some children are over-
responsive to sensory stimuli, whereas others are under-responsive,
some show atypical movement of the head, trunk, and limbs; clumsiness
or posture; or an awkward (i.e., not smooth) gait.
⩥ Intellectual Disabilties. Answer: Although students with autism
spectrum disorders may have very high intelligence or low intelligence,
more than half also have an intellectual disability.
SOLUTION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Learning Disabilities. Answer: Students with learning disabilities have
average or above average intelligence but an unexpected academic
weakness in one or more content areas.
⩥ Dyslexia. Answer: Impacts a student's ability to learn to read, to
recognize sound segments or letters, following along in text
comprehending what they read.
⩥ Dysgraphia. Answer: Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often
their handwriting and/or spelling.
⩥ Dyscalculia. Answer: Impacts a student's ability to understand
numbers and mathematical operations, remembering math facts and the
sequence of steps in math problems.
⩥ Intellectual Disabilities. Answer: Students qualify as having an
intellectual disability when they show developmental delays in most
aspects of academic and social functioning.
,⩥ Communication Disorders. Answer: Students who are more likely to
mispronounce sounds or have speech that lacks fluency are identified as
having speech disorder.
⩥ Articulation Disorders. Answer: Affects a student's ability to produce
certain sounds and sound combinations.
⩥ Fluency Disorders. Answer: Hesitations or stuttering
⩥ Specific language Impairment. Answer: Manifests as a delay in a
student's language development but the student shows no other
conditions that would cause such a delay in language development (e.g.,
autism, deafness)
⩥ Emotional Impairments. Answer: Typically, children who are
identified as having emotional impairments show behaviors or emotions
that are not appropriate for setting. Often they have trouble making
friends, working in groups, and maintaining personal relationships.
⩥ Anxiety Disorders. Answer: Characterized by excessive fears or
worry. Phobias, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
⩥ Mood Disorders. Answer: Including depression and bipolar disorder
(i.e., swings between elevated or manic mood and depression). Students
who are depressed may cry often, lose motivation for things that were
,once enjoyable, lose weight and disregard hygiene, or have suicidal
thoughts.
⩥ Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Answer: Students show hostile and
defiant behaviors, including temper tantrums, arguments, and irritability.
⩥ Conduct Disorders. Answer: Students consistently engage in
antisocial behaviors that interfere with others.
⩥ Attention Disorders. Answer: Students with attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more easily distracted and
divide their attention between multiple stimuli instead of staying on task
when compared to others at the same developmental level.
⩥ Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Answer: Range from mile to
severe based on the degree to which they show characteristics.
⩥ Atypical Language Development and Communication Delays.
Answer: Many never learn to communicate successfully using spoken
language. Some engage in echolalia, repeating pars of a sentence they
just hear. Many show limited eye contact or extreme focus or interest in
one topic or conversation. Students with ASD often have difficulty
understanding figurative language and humor.
, ⩥ Atypical Social Development. Answer: Students with autism do not
seem to recognize or respond to others' emotions, social cues, and
nonverbal signals. Many do not interact with others during play and/or
do not engage in reciprocal interactions.
⩥ Repetitive Behavior, Including Movement and Verbalizations.
Answer: Tics (physical) and obsessions (attention) are common.
⩥ Undesirable Behaviors. Answer: Some children with autism are
aggressive toward others or engage in repetitive self-injurious behaviors.
⩥ Need for Predictability. Answer: Many students with autism gain
security from environmental structure and experience anxiety in
unfamiliar situations. Some focus intensely on adherence to routines and
become upset if things are out of place or sequence.
⩥ Sensory and Movement Disorders. Answer: Some children are over-
responsive to sensory stimuli, whereas others are under-responsive,
some show atypical movement of the head, trunk, and limbs; clumsiness
or posture; or an awkward (i.e., not smooth) gait.
⩥ Intellectual Disabilties. Answer: Although students with autism
spectrum disorders may have very high intelligence or low intelligence,
more than half also have an intellectual disability.
