ILTS Learning Behavior Specialist I (290) Practice
Test Questions With Correct Answers
SPED - Answer-15-20% of students aged 6-17 recieve special education services;
these students are very much like their peers, the only difference being that they
have an intellectual, emotional, behavioral or physical deficit that interferes with
their ability to learn effectively
Physical Impairments - Answer-can develop during pregnancy, birth or infancy
Can develop later in life from an injury or disease
Often affects the cariopulmonary and musculoskeltal systems
Fatigue - Answer-lack of phsyical stamina. Poor endurance, chronic illness
Deficient or impeded motor skills - Answer-Physical limitations due to difficulties
moving normally. Limited mobility and ability to explore the environment. Limited
self-care abilities. Progressive weakening and degeneration of muscles
Frequent speech and language effects - Answer-potential echolalia
communication may be prevented
,Mild learning and behavioral disabilities - Answer--Lack of interest in school
-Prefer concrete over abstract lessons
-Weak listening skills
-Limited verbal and/or writing skills
-REspond better to active over passive learning tasks
-Have talents often overlooked by teacher
-Prefer to receive special help in regular class
-higher drop out rate than regular ed students
-Achieve in accordance to teacher expectations
-Require modification in instruction and are easily distracted
Learning Disability - Answer--Hyperactivity
-Perceptual Difficulties: visual and auditory
-Perceptual motor impairments: trouble integrating the two systems
-Disorders of memory and thinking: trouble problem solving, poor awareness of
metacognitive skills
-Impulsiveness
-Academic problems in reading, math, writing or spelling
Intellectual Disability - Answer--IQ 70 or below
-Limited cognitive ability: delays in academics, particuarly language
,-Deficits in memory related to poor initial perception or inability to apply stored
info to relevant situations
-Impaired formulation of learning strategies
-Difficulty in attending to relevant aspects of stimuli: slow reaction times
Autism - Answer--Apparent sensory deficit
-Severe affect isolation: does not engage in reciprocal social interaction (hugs,
smiles)
-Self stimulation: repeated, ritualistic behavior and actions
-Tantrums and self-injurous behavior
-Echolalia: parrot talk- repeating what they hear
-Severe deficits in behavior and self-care skills
Students with disabiites may demonstrate... - Answer--Difficulty with social skills
-Diccultuy in academic skills
-Difficulty with independence or self-help skills
*** while they experience similar difficulties across all disabilites, the causes are
very different
Who is a student with a disability - Answer-a student with a disability who has not
reached 21 by September 1st is an entitiled to attend public schools who, becuase
of mental, emotional, or physical reason, has been identified as having a disability
and who requires special services and programs approved by the department
Autism - Answer-developmental disability affecting verbal/nonverbal
communication and social interaction
, -usually evident before 3
-sensory deficits, reptitive movement language, resistance to change
Deafness - Answer-severe enough to impair processing of linguistic input
Deaf-Blindness - Answer-concomitant hearing and visual impairments that cause
severe communication, developmental and educational deficits
Emotional Disturbance - Answer-Experience of one or more of the following over
a long period of time to a marked degree that adversely affects educational
performance:
-Inability to learn that cannot be explained by mental or sensory deficits
-Inability to build relationships
-Pervasive unhappiness or depression
-Inappropriate behaviors
-Tendencey to develop fears or physcial symptoms assocaited with school or
personal problems
***term includes schizo but not social maladjustment unless accompanied by
another disturbance
Hearing impairment - Answer-permanent or fluctuating
Learning Disability - Answer--Disorder in one or more basic psychological
processes involved in understanding or using language (verbal/non)
-Maifests itself as imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell, do math
Test Questions With Correct Answers
SPED - Answer-15-20% of students aged 6-17 recieve special education services;
these students are very much like their peers, the only difference being that they
have an intellectual, emotional, behavioral or physical deficit that interferes with
their ability to learn effectively
Physical Impairments - Answer-can develop during pregnancy, birth or infancy
Can develop later in life from an injury or disease
Often affects the cariopulmonary and musculoskeltal systems
Fatigue - Answer-lack of phsyical stamina. Poor endurance, chronic illness
Deficient or impeded motor skills - Answer-Physical limitations due to difficulties
moving normally. Limited mobility and ability to explore the environment. Limited
self-care abilities. Progressive weakening and degeneration of muscles
Frequent speech and language effects - Answer-potential echolalia
communication may be prevented
,Mild learning and behavioral disabilities - Answer--Lack of interest in school
-Prefer concrete over abstract lessons
-Weak listening skills
-Limited verbal and/or writing skills
-REspond better to active over passive learning tasks
-Have talents often overlooked by teacher
-Prefer to receive special help in regular class
-higher drop out rate than regular ed students
-Achieve in accordance to teacher expectations
-Require modification in instruction and are easily distracted
Learning Disability - Answer--Hyperactivity
-Perceptual Difficulties: visual and auditory
-Perceptual motor impairments: trouble integrating the two systems
-Disorders of memory and thinking: trouble problem solving, poor awareness of
metacognitive skills
-Impulsiveness
-Academic problems in reading, math, writing or spelling
Intellectual Disability - Answer--IQ 70 or below
-Limited cognitive ability: delays in academics, particuarly language
,-Deficits in memory related to poor initial perception or inability to apply stored
info to relevant situations
-Impaired formulation of learning strategies
-Difficulty in attending to relevant aspects of stimuli: slow reaction times
Autism - Answer--Apparent sensory deficit
-Severe affect isolation: does not engage in reciprocal social interaction (hugs,
smiles)
-Self stimulation: repeated, ritualistic behavior and actions
-Tantrums and self-injurous behavior
-Echolalia: parrot talk- repeating what they hear
-Severe deficits in behavior and self-care skills
Students with disabiites may demonstrate... - Answer--Difficulty with social skills
-Diccultuy in academic skills
-Difficulty with independence or self-help skills
*** while they experience similar difficulties across all disabilites, the causes are
very different
Who is a student with a disability - Answer-a student with a disability who has not
reached 21 by September 1st is an entitiled to attend public schools who, becuase
of mental, emotional, or physical reason, has been identified as having a disability
and who requires special services and programs approved by the department
Autism - Answer-developmental disability affecting verbal/nonverbal
communication and social interaction
, -usually evident before 3
-sensory deficits, reptitive movement language, resistance to change
Deafness - Answer-severe enough to impair processing of linguistic input
Deaf-Blindness - Answer-concomitant hearing and visual impairments that cause
severe communication, developmental and educational deficits
Emotional Disturbance - Answer-Experience of one or more of the following over
a long period of time to a marked degree that adversely affects educational
performance:
-Inability to learn that cannot be explained by mental or sensory deficits
-Inability to build relationships
-Pervasive unhappiness or depression
-Inappropriate behaviors
-Tendencey to develop fears or physcial symptoms assocaited with school or
personal problems
***term includes schizo but not social maladjustment unless accompanied by
another disturbance
Hearing impairment - Answer-permanent or fluctuating
Learning Disability - Answer--Disorder in one or more basic psychological
processes involved in understanding or using language (verbal/non)
-Maifests itself as imperfect ability to listen, speak, read, write, spell, do math
