and Verified.
Special Education Praxis 5354 Approved
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ADA - ANSWER American's with disabilities act
NCLB - ANSWER No child left behind
IDEA - ANSWER individuals with disabilities education act
FAPE - ANSWER Free and appropriate public education
LRE - ANSWER Least restrictive environment
IEP - ANSWER Individualized educational program
IFSP - ANSWER individual family service plan
ADHD - ANSWER Attention deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder
ED - ANSWER emotionally disturbed/ emotionally disabled
LD - ANSWER Learning disabled
OHI - ANSWER Other health impairment
ID - ANSWER intellectual disability
,Special Education Praxis 5354 Approved
and Verified.
TBI - ANSWER Traumatic brain injury
VI - ANSWER Visually impaired
HI - ANSWER Hearing impaired
OT - ANSWER Occupational Therapist
PT - ANSWER Physical therapist
ESSA - ANSWER Every student succeeds act
RTI - ANSWER Response to intervention
DI - ANSWER Differentiated instruction
PST - ANSWER Problem solving team
AAA (Triple A) - ANSWER Alabama alternative assessment
MET - ANSWER Multidisciplinary eligibility team
AYP - ANSWER Adequate yearly progress
Cognitive assessments - ANSWER test how well an individual solves problems, interprets information,
and recalls information, which are all part of intellectual ability.
, Special Education Praxis 5354 Approved
and Verified.
Contingency-Based Self-management - ANSWER makes students responsible for managing their own
behavior and rewards them for appropriate behavior.
Functional Assessment - ANSWER an approach to figuring out why a student acts a certain way (FBA),
assessing behavior.
Reality Therapy - ANSWER focusing on the "here and now" rather than the past.
Ecological assessment - ANSWER a comprehensive process in which data is collected about how a child
functions in different environments or settings
Manipulatives - ANSWER provide a tactile representation for mathematical concepts
Satiation - ANSWER is decreasing or eliminating an unacceptable behavior as a result of continued and
increased reinforcement of the behavior.
Punishment - ANSWER behavior decreases by addition or removal
Desensitization - ANSWER decreased emotional responsiveness, however it does not stop, is not
eliminated
Extinction - ANSWER complete removal or elimination of behavior
Passive-aggressive behavior - ANSWER indirect expression or hostility, not directly done to someone or
something.
Adaptive behaviors - ANSWER every day skills or tasks that the average person is able to complete,
similar to the term life skills.