Special Education Praxis 5354
Questions and verified answers2026
ADA - answerAmerican's with disabilities act
NCLB - answerNo child left behind
IDEA - answerindividuals with disabilities education act
FAPE - answerFree and appropriate public education
LRE - answerLeast restrictive environment
IEP - answerIndividualized educational program
IFSP - answerindividual family service plan
ADHD - answerAttention deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder
ED - answeremotionally disturbed/ emotionally disabled
LD - answerLearning disabled
OHI - answerOther health impairment
ID - answerintellectual disability
TBI - answerTraumatic brain injury
VI - answerVisually impaired
HI - answerHearing impaired
OT - answerOccupational Therapist
PT - answerPhysical therapist
ESSA - answerEvery student succeeds act
RTI - answerResponse to intervention
DI - answerDifferentiated instruction
PST - answerProblem solving team
AAA (Triple A) - answerAlabama alternative assessment
MET - answerMultidisciplinary eligibility team
, AYP - answerAdequate yearly progress
Cognitive assessments - answertest how well an individual solves problems,
interprets information, and recalls information, which are all part of intellectual ability.
Contingency-Based Self-management - answermakes students responsible for
managing their own behavior and rewards them for appropriate behavior.
Functional Assessment - answeran approach to figuring out why a student acts a
certain way (FBA), assessing behavior.
Reality Therapy - answerfocusing on the "here and now" rather than the past.
Ecological assessment - answera comprehensive process in which data is collected
about how a child functions in different environments or settings
Manipulatives - answerprovide a tactile representation for mathematical concepts
Satiation - answeris decreasing or eliminating an unacceptable behavior as a result
of continued and increased reinforcement of the behavior.
Punishment - answerbehavior decreases by addition or removal
Desensitization - answerdecreased emotional responsiveness, however it does not
stop, is not eliminated
Extinction - answercomplete removal or elimination of behavior
Passive-aggressive behavior - answerindirect expression or hostility, not directly
done to someone or something.
Adaptive behaviors - answerevery day skills or tasks that the average person is able
to complete, similar to the term life skills.
Antecedent stimulus - answerthe "cause of the problem" this can be manipulated by
taking away the "cause of the problem" to change behavior.
Consequent stimulus - answer"what happens after the problem" or "the behavior
after the problem"
Premack Principle - answerusing a "fun activity" or reinforcer to increase wanted
behavior.
example: In order to get a child to help out more with the dishes, you start rewarding
he or she with TV privileges when the task of washing dishes is performed.
Visually Impaired - answerWhat type of students benefit from verbal descriptions of
activities.
Questions and verified answers2026
ADA - answerAmerican's with disabilities act
NCLB - answerNo child left behind
IDEA - answerindividuals with disabilities education act
FAPE - answerFree and appropriate public education
LRE - answerLeast restrictive environment
IEP - answerIndividualized educational program
IFSP - answerindividual family service plan
ADHD - answerAttention deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder
ED - answeremotionally disturbed/ emotionally disabled
LD - answerLearning disabled
OHI - answerOther health impairment
ID - answerintellectual disability
TBI - answerTraumatic brain injury
VI - answerVisually impaired
HI - answerHearing impaired
OT - answerOccupational Therapist
PT - answerPhysical therapist
ESSA - answerEvery student succeeds act
RTI - answerResponse to intervention
DI - answerDifferentiated instruction
PST - answerProblem solving team
AAA (Triple A) - answerAlabama alternative assessment
MET - answerMultidisciplinary eligibility team
, AYP - answerAdequate yearly progress
Cognitive assessments - answertest how well an individual solves problems,
interprets information, and recalls information, which are all part of intellectual ability.
Contingency-Based Self-management - answermakes students responsible for
managing their own behavior and rewards them for appropriate behavior.
Functional Assessment - answeran approach to figuring out why a student acts a
certain way (FBA), assessing behavior.
Reality Therapy - answerfocusing on the "here and now" rather than the past.
Ecological assessment - answera comprehensive process in which data is collected
about how a child functions in different environments or settings
Manipulatives - answerprovide a tactile representation for mathematical concepts
Satiation - answeris decreasing or eliminating an unacceptable behavior as a result
of continued and increased reinforcement of the behavior.
Punishment - answerbehavior decreases by addition or removal
Desensitization - answerdecreased emotional responsiveness, however it does not
stop, is not eliminated
Extinction - answercomplete removal or elimination of behavior
Passive-aggressive behavior - answerindirect expression or hostility, not directly
done to someone or something.
Adaptive behaviors - answerevery day skills or tasks that the average person is able
to complete, similar to the term life skills.
Antecedent stimulus - answerthe "cause of the problem" this can be manipulated by
taking away the "cause of the problem" to change behavior.
Consequent stimulus - answer"what happens after the problem" or "the behavior
after the problem"
Premack Principle - answerusing a "fun activity" or reinforcer to increase wanted
behavior.
example: In order to get a child to help out more with the dishes, you start rewarding
he or she with TV privileges when the task of washing dishes is performed.
Visually Impaired - answerWhat type of students benefit from verbal descriptions of
activities.
