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Everything you need to pass the Illinois LBS I (290): all lessons, quizzes, practice exams and flashcards. $199 or $29.99/month, 12 months.
$199 or $29.99/mo · coming soon
Everything you need to pass the LBS I in one place: short lessons, real exam practice and a personal study plan that tells you what to study and when you are ready.
What you will learn
- Domain 1 — Understanding Students with Disabilities
- Domain 2 — Assessing Students and Developing Individualized Programs
- Domain 3 — Supporting Development and Learning
- Domain 4 — Working in a Collaborative Learning Community
- Domain 5 — Foundations and Professional Practice
What you get
- All 14 lessons and 136 short units, with video, slides and guides
- Illinois law made simple, with court cases and procedural safeguards
- Quizzes, Domain Practice and boosters
- Baselines, 6 Mixed Sets, 6 timed Mock Exams and a Final Readiness Exam
- 419 flashcards
- Score reports and a “study next” plan after every exam
Who it is for
Teachers and candidates preparing for the Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist I (290) test, including educators adding the LBS I endorsement.
Launch price: $199 or $29.99/month. 12-month access. Coming soon: join early access and we will email you the day it opens.
Join early access → · About ILTS 290 Exam Prep · All ILTS 290 courses
BxM ILTS 290 Exam Prep is independent exam preparation by BxM Education. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by ILTS, ISBE or Pearson, the practice questions are original, and it does not count toward an endorsement or licensure.
Course Curriculum
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- Start Here — How this ILTS 290 course works 00:15:00
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- Baseline 1 — 100 questions 00:15:00
- 1.1 Typical and atypical development: why milestones matter 00:15:00
- 1.2 Cognitive and academic development 00:15:00
- 1.3 Physical, motor and sensory development 00:15:00
- 1.4 Communication and language development 00:15:00
- 1.5 Social-emotional development 00:15:00
- 1.6 How learning happens: behavioral, cognitive and social theories 00:15:00
- 1.7 Bronfenbrenner, Vygotsky (ZPD) and Piaget in the classroom 00:15:00
- 1.8 Family, culture, language and socioeconomic factors 00:15:00
- 1.9 Medical conditions, ACEs, trauma and resilience 00:15:00
- 1.10 Early intervention (IDEA Part C) and why early matters 00:15:00
- Domain 1 Practice — 25 questions 00:15:00
- 4.1 Evaluation and eligibility: legal requirements and consent 00:15:00
- 4.2 Reading a score report and explaining it to families 00:15:00
- 4.3 Team interpretation: multiple sources, one decision 00:15:00
- 4.4 From results to goals: present levels 00:15:00
- 4.5 Functional behavior assessment (FBA): purpose and steps 00:15:00
- 4.6 Accommodations vs modifications: choosing from data 00:15:00
- 4.7 Progress monitoring: graphs, trend lines, decision rules 00:15:00
- 4.8 Changing instruction when data say so 00:15:00
- Domain 2 Practice — 25 questions 00:15:00
- 7.1 Cognitive processes and developmentally appropriate activities 00:15:00
- 7.2 Multiple means of representation and expression 00:15:00
- 7.3 Developmental and functional curriculum areas 00:15:00
- 7.4 Selecting and adapting age-appropriate materials 00:15:00
- 7.5 Activating prior knowledge and reflection 00:15:00
- 7.6 Communication supports and AAC 00:15:00
- 7.7 Teaching functional, social and adaptive skills 00:15:00
- 7.8 Coordinating postsecondary transition activities 00:15:00
- 7.9 Integrating related services and protecting instructional time 00:15:00
- 9.1 Illinois Social/Emotional Learning Standards 00:15:00
- 9.2 Teaching social skills and generalization 00:15:00
- 9.3 Motivation, engagement and self-determination 00:15:00
- 9.4 Self-advocacy skills 00:15:00
- 9.5 Reluctant learners: causes, observable data and proactive strategies 00:15:00
- 9.6 Functions of behavior and the FBA hypothesis 00:15:00
- 9.7 Writing a BIP: replacement behavior, prevention, reinforcement 00:15:00
- 9.8 PBIS: Tier 1, 2 and 3 supports 00:15:00
- 9.9 Crisis prevention and de-escalation 00:15:00
- 9.10 Collaborating on behavior plans with staff and families 00:15:00
- 9.11 Illinois rules on restraint and time-out (overview) 00:15:00
- 10.1 Consultative and collaborative roles of the special educator 00:15:00
- 10.2 Co-teaching models and co-planning 00:15:00
- 10.3 Running culturally responsive team meetings 00:15:00
- 10.4 Delivering services across settings 00:15:00
- 10.5 Local, state and federal agency services 00:15:00
- 10.6 Scheduling and coordinating related services 00:15:00
- 10.7 Training and supervising paraprofessionals, volunteers and peer tutors 00:15:00
- 10.8 Confidentiality and ethical communication with staff 00:15:00
- Domain 4 Practice — 25 questions 00:15:00
- 13.1 What procedural safeguards are; when the Notice of Procedural Safeguards must be given 00:15:00
- 13.2 Prior written notice: when it is required and what it must say 00:15:00
- 13.3 Notice in an understandable language; interpreters; electronic delivery 00:15:00
- 13.4 Parental consent: evaluation, initial services, reevaluation (consent vs notice) 00:15:00
- 13.5 When a parent refuses, does not respond, or revokes consent 00:15:00
- 13.6 Parent participation: scheduling, interpreters, documents before the meeting 00:15:00
- 13.7 Evaluation and reevaluation procedures (Illinois 60 school days) 00:15:00
- 13.8 Independent educational evaluation (IEE) at public expense 00:15:00
- 13.9 Parents’ private-school placement and reimbursement: Burlington, Carter, Forest Grove 00:15:00
- 13.10 Discipline: removals, change of placement, manifestation determination, 45-school-day settings, expedited hearings (Honig v. Doe) 00:15:00
- 13.11 Dispute resolution 1: state complaints 00:15:00
- 13.12 Dispute resolution 2: mediation 00:15:00
- 13.13 Dispute resolution 3: due process, resolution meeting, hearing rights, stay-put, appeals, attorney fees (Schaffer, Winkelman, Arlington, Fry, Perez) 00:15:00
- 13.14 Educational surrogate parents 00:15:00
- 13.15 Student records: FERPA and the Illinois School Student Records Act (access, amendment, disclosure, destruction) 00:15:00
- 13.16 Transfer of parental rights at age 18 00:15:00
- 13.17 The teacher’s safeguards checklist and 10 “Apply the law” scenarios 00:15:00
- Domain 5 Practice — 25 questions 00:15:00
- Baseline 2 — 100 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 1 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 2 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 3 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 4 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 5 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mixed Set 6 — 50 questions 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 1 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 2 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 3 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 4 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 5 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Mock Exam 6 — 100 questions, timed 00:15:00
- Final Readiness Exam — 100 questions 00:15:00