Introduction to Special Education 2026
Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Manifestation Determination - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Determining if a behavior
problem is the result of a disability
Three -term Contingency - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Antecedent + Behavior +
Consequence
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Law
regarding the education of children with disabilities. Reauthorization of PL
94-142
,Remedial - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special Education that attempts to eliminate the
effects of a disability through instruction
Due Process - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Schools must protect the rights of students
with disabilities. Principle of IDEA.
Explicit Instruction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Carefully planned, clear and direct
teaching with systematic feedback.
Learning Disability (LD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A significant discrepancy between
general ability and achievement that requires special education services.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A systematic approach
to teaching based on scientifically demonstrated principles that describe
how the environment affects learning.
Present Levels of Performance (PLOP) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Component of the
IEP that tells how a student is currently preforming.
Objectives and Benchmarks - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Component of the IEP that
lists the steps towards reaching an annual goal.
Active Student Response (ASR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An observable student
response made to an instructional antecedent.
, Compensatory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special Education that teaches the use of
skills or devices that enable successful functioning in spite of a disability.
Early Intervention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A wide variety of educational and family
services that support early childhood development.
Transition Component - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Portion of an IEP that focuses on
secondary curriculum and planning related to post secondary success.
Siz Principles of IDEA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔zero reject, nondiscriminatory
identification and evaluation, free appropriate public education, least
restrictive environment, due process safeguards, and shared decision
making
Related Services - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special transportations, counseling, or
speech, physical, and occupational therapy required to meet a student's
IEP goals.
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs. Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, 1972 (PARC vs Pennsylvania) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Court ruled
that children were entitled to receive free public education; parents had the
right to be notified before any change in educational program or placement.
Equal protection.
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Exam Questions with 100% Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Manifestation Determination - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Determining if a behavior
problem is the result of a disability
Three -term Contingency - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Antecedent + Behavior +
Consequence
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Law
regarding the education of children with disabilities. Reauthorization of PL
94-142
,Remedial - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special Education that attempts to eliminate the
effects of a disability through instruction
Due Process - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Schools must protect the rights of students
with disabilities. Principle of IDEA.
Explicit Instruction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Carefully planned, clear and direct
teaching with systematic feedback.
Learning Disability (LD) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A significant discrepancy between
general ability and achievement that requires special education services.
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A systematic approach
to teaching based on scientifically demonstrated principles that describe
how the environment affects learning.
Present Levels of Performance (PLOP) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Component of the
IEP that tells how a student is currently preforming.
Objectives and Benchmarks - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Component of the IEP that
lists the steps towards reaching an annual goal.
Active Student Response (ASR) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An observable student
response made to an instructional antecedent.
, Compensatory - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special Education that teaches the use of
skills or devices that enable successful functioning in spite of a disability.
Early Intervention - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A wide variety of educational and family
services that support early childhood development.
Transition Component - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Portion of an IEP that focuses on
secondary curriculum and planning related to post secondary success.
Siz Principles of IDEA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔zero reject, nondiscriminatory
identification and evaluation, free appropriate public education, least
restrictive environment, due process safeguards, and shared decision
making
Related Services - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Special transportations, counseling, or
speech, physical, and occupational therapy required to meet a student's
IEP goals.
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children vs. Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, 1972 (PARC vs Pennsylvania) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Court ruled
that children were entitled to receive free public education; parents had the
right to be notified before any change in educational program or placement.
Equal protection.
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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