PECT Special Education PreK-8 Secrets Study Guide: PECT Test Review for the Pennsylvania Educator Certification Tests

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the PECT Special Education PreK-8 test.

The PECT Special Education PreK-8 is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. PECT Special Education PreK-8 Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the PECT Special Education PreK-8 Exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the PECT Special Education PreK-8 Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

PECT Special Education PreK-8 Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the PECT Special Education PreK-8
• A breakdown of the foundations and professional practice
• An analysis of understanding students with disabilities
• A guide to assessment and program planning and implementation
• An extensive review of the inclusive learning environments
• A full study of delivery of specially designed instruction
• 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 Pennsylvania Department of Education and Pearson Education, Inc. expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Foundations and Professional Practice section covers:

• Professional collaboration
• Parental education
• Socialization
• Parent/teacher conferences
• Reporting abuse
• Caring community
• Court litigations over school funding issues

The Understanding Students with Disabilities section covers:

• Piaget's theory of cognitive development
• Reflexes in newborn infants
• Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory of development
• Language development
• Causes of intellectual disabilities in babies and young children
• Emotional disturbances in young children
• Impacts of blindness

The Assessment and Program Planning and Implementation section covers:

• Developmental screenings and evaluations
• Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Child Find
• Eligibility determination for services under the IDEA
• Assessing learning progress and achievement
• Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)

The Inclusive Learning Environments section covers:

• Special education services for preschool children aged 3 to 5 years
• Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment (TPBA)
• Achievement gaps associated with the socioeconomic and ethnic status of young children and families in America
• Play
• Dr. Murray Bowen's family systems theory

The Delivery of Specially Designed Instruction section covers:

• Trends in early childhood education (ECE)
• Promoting preliteracy skills
• Controlling physical and psychological conditions in the learning environment
• Applying and adapting curriculum framework in planning their teaching

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the PECT Special Education PreK-8 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.