Praxis II Special Education: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities (0383) Exam Secrets Study Guide: Praxis II Test Review for the Praxis II: Subject Assessments

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The Praxis II Special Education: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities (0383) Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Praxis II Special Education Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Praxis II Special Education Exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Praxis II Special Education Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Praxis II Special Education: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities (0383) Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough and detail overview of skills needed to teach special education students with learning disabilities
• An in-depth look at development and characteristics of students with learning disabilities
• A review of planning and managing the learning environment
• A guide to instruction
• An analysis of identification, eligibility and placement
• An examination of foundations and professional responsibilities
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Development and Characteristics of Students with Learning Disabilities section covers:

• Response-To-Intervention (RTI) approach
• Types of disabilities
• Developmental psychology
• Piaget's stages of cognitive development
• Adolescent development
• Motor development

The Planning and Managing the Learning Environment section covers:

• Classroom management
• Behavior management
• Behavior modification
• Ideal learning environment
• Positive reinforcement
• Discipline plan

The Instruction section covers:

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Active learning
• Class discussions
• State-mandated test
• Pacing guide
• Creative thinking
• Constructivist teaching

The Identification, Eligibility, and Placement section covers:

• Adaptive behavior assessment
• Woodcock-Johnson (WJ) Tests of Cognitive Abilities
• Wechsler intelligence scales (WPPSI, WISC, WAIS)
• Prereferral screening
• Individualized Educational Program (IEP)
• Performance standards
• Assessment

The Foundations and Professional Responsibilities section covers:

• Code of Ethics
• Parental involvement
• Parent-teacher conferences
• Abuse
• Behavioral disorders
• Education law
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Praxis II Special Education Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.