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Praxis II Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disturbance Exam
This exam is designed for individuals
who would like to teach students from grades preschool through 12 with
behavioral and emotional disorders. You will be given one hour to complete this
50 multiple choice question exam. There will be 40 questions regarding service
delivery to students with behavioral and emotional disorders and, 10 questions
regarding influences on education of children with behavioral and emotional
disorders.
Service Delivery to Students with Behavioral and Emotional Disorders
This section of the exam will cover classroom management, curriculum and
instruction, student placement, assessment, professional roles, and conceptual
approaches. Questions regarding the learning environment will cover
documentation and communication with parents and others, lighting, seating,
grouping students, consistency, attitudes, positive interactions with students,
behavioral interventions and behavior management programs. The curriculum and
instruction questions will cover data collection, IEP/ITP development, goals,
objectives and, modification of standard educational practices to accommodate
the disabled students. Your knowledge of student assessment, selection of age
appropriate activities, planning and sequencing instructional activities,
modeling, motivation, reinforcement, and task analysis will be assessed in this
section of the exam. Questions regarding cooperative learning, and applied
behavioral analysis will be included in this section of the exam. The questions
regarding student placement will cover integration and inclusion, main
streaming, developing an IEP that encompasses cultural preferences, adaption of
instructional materials, working with classroom personnel, school personnel, and
evaluation and grading. The assessment portion of the exam will cover selection
and modification of assessments for disabled students, interpretation of
assessment results and, utilizing assessment data for IEP development. Questions
regarding professional roles and issues will cover student advocacy, teaching
parents how to be child advocates, student self advocacy, the teachers role in
abuse and neglect cases, the impact of teachers attitudes on student
performance, working with social and health services, and professional
literature. The questions regarding conceptual approaches will cover cognitive,
sociological, behavioral, medical, and psychodynamic approaches.
Influences on Education of Children with Behavioral and Emotional Disorders
This section of the exam will cover terminology regarding behavioral disorders
and, the relationship between impulsivity, hyperactivity, and distractibility.
Questions regarding causation and prevention of behavioral disorders, cultural
influences, and genetic factors will be included in this section of the exam.
Your knowledge of maladaptive behavioral characteristics such as delinquency,
conduct disorders, aggression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and self
injurious behavior will be assessed in this section of the exam. Questions
regarding psychological disorders such as, depression, anxiety, psychoses, and
neuroses will also be included in this section of the exam.