NES Test Special Education Study Guide

Competency 1 CORRECT ANSWER Focuses on the characteristics of typical and atypical human growth and development and the characteristics of students with various disabilities that special education teachers are likely to encounter. Learning Disabilities CORRECT ANSWER Students with learning disabilities have average or above average intelligence but an unexpected academic weakness in one or more content areas. Dyslexia CORRECT 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 CORRECT ANSWER Impacts student's ability to learn to write, often their handwriting and/or spelling. Dyscalculia CORRECT 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 CORRECT ANSWER Students qualify as having an intellectual disability when they show developmental delays in most aspects of academic and social functioning. Communication Disorders CORRECT ANSWER Students who are more likely to mispronounce sounds or have speech that lacks fluency are identified as having speech disorder.