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An EBD special education exam guide for the ETS selected-response format, learner characteristics, behavior supports, learning environments, instruction, assessment, IDEA safeguards, collaboration, and professional responsibilities.
Praxis 5372 preparation should connect special education law and classroom practice: EBD characteristics, behavior intervention, positive learning environments, explicit instruction, assessment data, IEP decision making, collaboration, and ethical responsibilities.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Behavioral Disorders and Emotional Disturbances study before moving into classroom scenarios.
ETS lists Praxis 5372 as a computer-delivered selected-response exam with varied selected-response item types.
The exam is 2 hours.
The current ETS study companion lists 120 selected-response questions.
Planning and Managing the Learning Environments and Instruction are tied as the largest categories at 31 questions, or 26% each.
The exam begins with development, learner characteristics, etiology, social-emotional development, associated conditions, medication effects, and theories of learning and motivation. These ideas should connect directly to classroom decisions.
Planning and Managing the Learning Environments and Instruction together account for 52% of the exam. Review routines, expectations, behavior intervention plans, affective and social skills, academic supports, technology, grouping, and generalization.
Assessment and foundations require fluency with formal and informal data, nondiscriminatory procedures, IDEA, FAPE, LRE, IEP components, placement decisions, collaboration, transition planning, and family communication.
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Praxis Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavioral Disorders and Emotional Disturbances 5372 measures knowledge and competencies important for safe and effective beginning practice as a special education specialist teaching students with EBD. ETS lists a computer-delivered, 2-hour exam with 120 selected-response questions, including single-answer, multiple-answer, numeric-entry, and other selected-response item types.
The current ETS study companion divides Praxis 5372 into five content categories: Development and Characteristics of Students with EBD at 22 questions, or 18%; Planning and Managing the Learning Environments at 31 questions, or 26%; Instruction at 31 questions, or 26%; Assessment at 20 questions, or 17%; and Foundations and Professional Responsibilities at 16 questions, or 13%. Preparation should connect EBD characteristics, learning and motivation theories, behavior intervention planning, safe and supportive environments, explicit instruction, formal and informal assessment, IDEA, IEPs, FAPE, LRE, collaboration, transition planning, family communication, and ethical practice.
ETS lists the exam as 2 hours.
The current ETS study companion lists 120 selected-response questions.
Planning and Managing the Learning Environments and Instruction are tied as the largest categories at 31 questions, or 26% each.
The exam covers EBD learner characteristics, planning and learning environments, instruction, assessment, and foundations and professional responsibilities.
Study IDEA, FAPE, LRE, IEP components, procedural safeguards, placement options, nondiscriminatory assessment, and ethical responsibilities.
Track EBD characteristics, learning environments, instruction, assessment, and professional responsibilities separately so law and assessment do not get crowded out by behavior topics.
Use realistic cases involving routines, expectations, behavior intervention plans, positive supports, restrictive procedures, social skills, and crisis prevention.
Study IDEA, FAPE, LRE, IEP, IFSP, ADHD, ASD, and EBD through application questions rather than definitions alone.
Complete 120 selected-response questions in one sitting to test pacing across characteristics, planning, instruction, assessment, and legal or ethical decisions.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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