TEXES Special Ed. EC-12 | 337 Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Prevalence of LD in school population? Correct Answer: 6%
Prevalence of ED in school populations Correct Answer: 2%
What's a IFSP? Correct Answer: individualized family service plan ( for
students birth to 2 yr. 11 mo.)
What's task analysis? Correct Answer: process of breaking a learning task into
smaller elements & sequencing from
simplest to most complex
What's fading? Correct Answer: gradually reducing the physical or verbal or
gestural prompts required by learner
What's chaining? Correct Answer: components in a response chain taught in
their natural order
What's a physical prompt? Correct Answer: Consist of physical assisting the learners
through a learning task, can use totally
control to light tap
What's negative reinforcement? Correct Answer: behavior is followed by removal of
aversive event
What's positive reinforcement? Correct Answer: behavior is followed by positive event
(smile, approval, privileges, money, etc.)
What's extinction? Correct Answer: behavior is not followed by positive event
associated with previous occurrence.
What's six principles of IDEA 2004? Correct Answer: Zero reject, Due process, LRE, FAPE
with
IEP, parent participation,
nondiscriminatory evaluation
Prevalence of AD/HD? Correct Answer: 5 out of every 100 children
Three main signs of AD/HD? Correct Answer: inattention/problems with attention, very
active, impulsivity
Three types of AD/HD? Correct Answer: inattentive
hyperactive-impulsive
,combined.
Treatment of AD/HD? Correct Answer: create program to fit needs, help child
manage behavior
medication if parent/doctor feel helpful
What does "Other Health Impaired"
category include? Correct Answer: students with "limited strength, vitality or
alertness that is due to chornic or acute
health problems.
What is the hearing impairment definition? Correct Answer: It is an impairment in hearing,
fluctuating
or permanent, that adversely affects a child
performance.
What is deafness? Correct Answer: It is defined as a hearing impairment so
severe that child is impaired in processing
language with or w/or amplification.
What is the incidence of hearing
loss/deafness? Correct Answer: It is 1.3 % of all students with disabilities.
What was determined in
Lau V. Nichols (1974)? Correct Answer: Schools must provide bilingual education
or instruction in native language
What did Larry P. v. Riles determine? Correct Answer: This was concerned with IQ testing of
young black children that resulted in
over-representation is sped.
What was determined in Tatro v. Irving
ISD? Correct Answer: Supreme Ct. rules if medical services (cath)
were needed and didn't need Dr., then
school was to provide
What was the result of Diana v. Board of
Education CA? Correct Answer: This referred to bias free evaluations, not
using culturally biased assessment, testing
must be in native language.
What are signs of TBI (traumatic brain
injury)? Correct Answer: One of more problems in speaking,
physical disabilities, thinking, memory,
social/behavioral domains
,What is TBI? Correct Answer: What is TBI?
injury to the brain caused by the head being
hit or shaken violently (not born with it).
How is mental retardation diagnosed? Correct Answer: Two things assessed: intellectual
functioning and adaptive behavior skills,
both 2 SD below mean
What is prevalence of MR? Correct Answer: 3 out of 100 people have MR
1 out of every 10 in sped are MR.
What are four causes of MR? Correct Answer: genetic conditions, problems during
pregnancy, problems at birth, health
problems
What is severe or multiple disabilities (also
know as multiply handicapped) Correct Answer: Students requiring extensive support in
more than one major life activity, 3 or more
disabilities
What are characteristics of severe or
multiple disabilities? Correct Answer: Problems in communication, physical
mobility, memory, trouble generalizing
skills, need for support in major life
activities. traditionally labelled as severe or
profound MR,
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) Correct Answer: process of determining the cause or
function of behavior before developing an
intervention
Assistive Technology Correct Answer: technology used to assist individuals with
physical, cognitive and speech disabilities
to accessing environments such as school
or home
ADA Correct Answer: American with Disabilities Act prohibits
discrimination on basis of disability
Dyslexia Correct Answer: a reading disorder whereby individuals
reverse words and letters
Child Find Correct Answer: annually identify and locate all children
with disabilities in one geographic area
Individual Transition Plan Correct Answer: individual plan to help student transition
, from school to work by age 16
Zero Reject Correct Answer: prohibits schools from excluding any
student with disability from a free and
appropriate public education
Definition of Visual Impairments Correct Answer: includes partially sighted, low visions,
legally blind and totally blind (Braille)
What is prevalence of VI? Correct Answer: under age of 18, 22.2 per 100,
What are characteristics of VI? Correct Answer: social, motor,and social developmental
delays
What are educational implications for VI? Correct Answer: need for technology, modifications
in
content, orientation & mobility, visual
aides, early intevention
PL 94-142 Correct Answer: Education for all Handicapped Children
Act-1975 mandated FAPE, ensured due
process, IEP and LRE
PL 101-392 Carl Perkins Correct Answer: required vocational education for students
with disabilities be provided
PL 101-476 Correct Answer: mandated (IDEA 1990) assistive
technology and transition services, added
AU and TBI
What is cerebral palsy? Correct Answer: a condition caused by injury to the parts of
the brain that control our ability to use our
muscles and bodies; falls under
"Orthopedic Impairment" which adversely
affects a child's educational performance,
What are medical procedures done at
school? Correct Answer: vision/hearing screenings, catheterization,
tube feedings, nebulizer treatments,
medication.
Grace Fernald Correct Answer: proposed a
visual-auditory-kinesthetic-tactile method
of teaching reading & writing
Marie Carbo Correct Answer: reading proponent who stated phonics is
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Prevalence of LD in school population? Correct Answer: 6%
Prevalence of ED in school populations Correct Answer: 2%
What's a IFSP? Correct Answer: individualized family service plan ( for
students birth to 2 yr. 11 mo.)
What's task analysis? Correct Answer: process of breaking a learning task into
smaller elements & sequencing from
simplest to most complex
What's fading? Correct Answer: gradually reducing the physical or verbal or
gestural prompts required by learner
What's chaining? Correct Answer: components in a response chain taught in
their natural order
What's a physical prompt? Correct Answer: Consist of physical assisting the learners
through a learning task, can use totally
control to light tap
What's negative reinforcement? Correct Answer: behavior is followed by removal of
aversive event
What's positive reinforcement? Correct Answer: behavior is followed by positive event
(smile, approval, privileges, money, etc.)
What's extinction? Correct Answer: behavior is not followed by positive event
associated with previous occurrence.
What's six principles of IDEA 2004? Correct Answer: Zero reject, Due process, LRE, FAPE
with
IEP, parent participation,
nondiscriminatory evaluation
Prevalence of AD/HD? Correct Answer: 5 out of every 100 children
Three main signs of AD/HD? Correct Answer: inattention/problems with attention, very
active, impulsivity
Three types of AD/HD? Correct Answer: inattentive
hyperactive-impulsive
,combined.
Treatment of AD/HD? Correct Answer: create program to fit needs, help child
manage behavior
medication if parent/doctor feel helpful
What does "Other Health Impaired"
category include? Correct Answer: students with "limited strength, vitality or
alertness that is due to chornic or acute
health problems.
What is the hearing impairment definition? Correct Answer: It is an impairment in hearing,
fluctuating
or permanent, that adversely affects a child
performance.
What is deafness? Correct Answer: It is defined as a hearing impairment so
severe that child is impaired in processing
language with or w/or amplification.
What is the incidence of hearing
loss/deafness? Correct Answer: It is 1.3 % of all students with disabilities.
What was determined in
Lau V. Nichols (1974)? Correct Answer: Schools must provide bilingual education
or instruction in native language
What did Larry P. v. Riles determine? Correct Answer: This was concerned with IQ testing of
young black children that resulted in
over-representation is sped.
What was determined in Tatro v. Irving
ISD? Correct Answer: Supreme Ct. rules if medical services (cath)
were needed and didn't need Dr., then
school was to provide
What was the result of Diana v. Board of
Education CA? Correct Answer: This referred to bias free evaluations, not
using culturally biased assessment, testing
must be in native language.
What are signs of TBI (traumatic brain
injury)? Correct Answer: One of more problems in speaking,
physical disabilities, thinking, memory,
social/behavioral domains
,What is TBI? Correct Answer: What is TBI?
injury to the brain caused by the head being
hit or shaken violently (not born with it).
How is mental retardation diagnosed? Correct Answer: Two things assessed: intellectual
functioning and adaptive behavior skills,
both 2 SD below mean
What is prevalence of MR? Correct Answer: 3 out of 100 people have MR
1 out of every 10 in sped are MR.
What are four causes of MR? Correct Answer: genetic conditions, problems during
pregnancy, problems at birth, health
problems
What is severe or multiple disabilities (also
know as multiply handicapped) Correct Answer: Students requiring extensive support in
more than one major life activity, 3 or more
disabilities
What are characteristics of severe or
multiple disabilities? Correct Answer: Problems in communication, physical
mobility, memory, trouble generalizing
skills, need for support in major life
activities. traditionally labelled as severe or
profound MR,
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) Correct Answer: process of determining the cause or
function of behavior before developing an
intervention
Assistive Technology Correct Answer: technology used to assist individuals with
physical, cognitive and speech disabilities
to accessing environments such as school
or home
ADA Correct Answer: American with Disabilities Act prohibits
discrimination on basis of disability
Dyslexia Correct Answer: a reading disorder whereby individuals
reverse words and letters
Child Find Correct Answer: annually identify and locate all children
with disabilities in one geographic area
Individual Transition Plan Correct Answer: individual plan to help student transition
, from school to work by age 16
Zero Reject Correct Answer: prohibits schools from excluding any
student with disability from a free and
appropriate public education
Definition of Visual Impairments Correct Answer: includes partially sighted, low visions,
legally blind and totally blind (Braille)
What is prevalence of VI? Correct Answer: under age of 18, 22.2 per 100,
What are characteristics of VI? Correct Answer: social, motor,and social developmental
delays
What are educational implications for VI? Correct Answer: need for technology, modifications
in
content, orientation & mobility, visual
aides, early intevention
PL 94-142 Correct Answer: Education for all Handicapped Children
Act-1975 mandated FAPE, ensured due
process, IEP and LRE
PL 101-392 Carl Perkins Correct Answer: required vocational education for students
with disabilities be provided
PL 101-476 Correct Answer: mandated (IDEA 1990) assistive
technology and transition services, added
AU and TBI
What is cerebral palsy? Correct Answer: a condition caused by injury to the parts of
the brain that control our ability to use our
muscles and bodies; falls under
"Orthopedic Impairment" which adversely
affects a child's educational performance,
What are medical procedures done at
school? Correct Answer: vision/hearing screenings, catheterization,
tube feedings, nebulizer treatments,
medication.
Grace Fernald Correct Answer: proposed a
visual-auditory-kinesthetic-tactile method
of teaching reading & writing
Marie Carbo Correct Answer: reading proponent who stated phonics is
