Praxis II Special Education: Application of Core Principles across Categories of Disability Exam

This exam is designed for individuals who would like to teach special education in grades preschool-12. You will be given one hour to complete this 50 multiple-choice question exam. There will be 10 questions regarding professional issues and literature, 10 questions regarding management of the learning environment, 10 questions regarding assessment, 10 questions regarding instruction, and 10 questions regarding curriculum.

Professional Issues and Literature
This section of the exam will cover using professional literature, participating in transition planning for students, working with teaching assistants in the classroom, consulting with other individuals and, the instructor’s role within the multidisciplinary team.

Managing the Learning Environment
These questions will cover classroom management, organization, and behavior management. The classroom management questions will cover parent and teacher communication, documentation, transitions between lessons and activities, lighting, seating, staff and student attitudes, consistency, rules, expectations, and strategies for positive interactions with staff and students. Questions regarding behavior management will cover behavioral interventions, target behaviors, consequent events, data collection methods, and identification of antecedents.

Assessment
This section of the exam will cover preparation of written reports and communication, the IEP/ITP and monitoring instruction, interpretation of specialized and standardized tests and, selection, construction, and modification of informal and formal assessment's.

Instruction
This section of the exam will cover the implementation of instruction, the component and format of instruction, selection of appropriate methods and strategies, and implementation of the IEP. The implementation of instruction question will cover instructing students in specific areas such as study skills, daily living skills, vocational skills, social skills, and academics. The component and format of instruction question will cover the following instructional methodologies: reinforcement, questioning, demonstration, modeling, small group instruction, large group instruction, individualized instruction, behavioral analysis, learning styles, and drill and practice. Your knowledge of the selection and implementation of educational strategies such as task analysis, cooperative learning, behavioral analysis, learning styles and IEP implementation will be assessed in this section of the exam.

Curriculum
This section of the exam will cover usage of technology, diversity in the classroom, specialized materials and programs, and adaptation and modification of the standard curriculum.