Praxis II 5543 Special Education Core Knowledge and Mild to Moderate Applications (based on Praxis Practice Test, Momentrix, and XamOnline)

accommodations - changes that minimize the affect of a student's disability in classroom modifications - changes to the content taught, that allow a student to participate in the curriculum accommodations for students with receptive language deficits - use of multiple modalities during instruction, overview/outline lesson before instruction, pre-teach vocabulary, provide notes/summary of lesson, provide immediate practice, write down important information, color code information, use repetition and paraphrasing, extra time on text, text presented in both oral and written form accommodations for specific learning disability: math - manipulatives, graphic organizers for multi-step problems, use of basic fact charts/multiplication charts, use of calculator, extra time on tests accommodations for specific learning disability: reading - parallel texts, study guides, graphic organizers, audio books/videos, text-speech software, tests read aloud, extra time on tests accommodations for blindness/low vision - books on tape, Braille or embossed formats of texts, large-print books, magnifying glass/optical enhancer, text to speech software accommodations for students with expressive language deficits - explicitly pre-teach content specific vocabulary, extra time to respond to oral and written questions, graphic organizers to organize thoughts, use of thesaurus for writing, word-prediction word processing software, spelling aids and dictionaries, no penalty for spelling/repetition of words, extra time on tests accommodations for students with executive functioning deficits: organization - task analysis, break up extended assignments with several smaller assignments, use of planner and checklist with teacher/parent initials, checklist for class materials, calendar in classroom with due dates, extended due dates, color-coding for different subjects/units, binders/folders