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Praxis 5358: Planning and Delivering Specially Designed Instruction

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Planning and Delivering Specially Designed Instruction

Domain 4: Planning and Delivering Specially Designed Instruction

This domain tests how teams translate evaluation data into IEP goals and deliver specially designed instruction (SDI): explicit teaching, scaffolding, accommodations, modifications, behavior support, assistive technology, and progress monitoring. Items ask you to choose the service or strategy that provides meaningful access without lowering expectations.

Core rules

  • SDI vs. accommodations vs. modifications: SDI is the individualized instruction that addresses the disability-related need; accommodations change how a student accesses content without changing expectations; modifications change what is expected or the performance standard.
  • IEP goals must be measurable, aligned to the PLAAFP, and monitored with frequent data. Goals should address the skill deficit, not just completion or effort.
  • Explicit instruction includes modeling, guided practice, corrective feedback, and independent practice; scaffolds are faded as competence grows.
  • Behavior support: a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) identifies antecedents, consequences, and functions; a behavior intervention plan (BIP) teaches replacement skills and adjusts environment.
  • Assistive technology must be considered for every student with an IEP, and transition planning begins by age 16 (or earlier in some states).

Worked example

A student with SLD in math has a goal to solve two-step word problems. The teacher uses concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) sequencing: manipulatives first, then drawings, then equations, with explicit modeling and weekly curriculum-based measurement. Providing a calculator for computation is an accommodation; reducing the goal to one-step problems would be a modification that changes expectations. The team should choose the accommodation only if it does not replace the targeted SDI.

Traps

Do not list accommodations as SDI. Do not write goals that are too broad to measure. Do not implement a BIP without an FBA or ignore fidelity data. Do not treat assistive technology as an afterthought.