Education: Special Education

College of Education

An analysis of the prevailing classification systems, etiologies, characteristics and identification procedures relating to behavioral disorders in children and youth. Consideration is given to the emerging trends in education of children and youth with behavior problems.

Overview of issues, trends and practices in the education of infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities (ages birth-three). The focus is on providing school-related professionals information on etiolog, the effects that disabilities have on learning and atypical development, and history and legislative issues in ECSE. Intervention with families and young children within a transdisciplinary model.

Content knowledge in developing and implementing individualized educational programs for the pre-kindergarten child with disabilities, including developmentally appropriate curriculum; methods, interventions strategies, teaming approaches, inclusion and mainstreaming issues; and approaches and techniques for serving the child and the family.

Characteristics of, identification of, and teaching practices for exceptional children who are in the mainstream of education. Designed for general education majors, both elementary and secondary

Study of measures and procedures used in evaluating students in special education.

Test development, application of testing techniques, interpretation, and reporting of test results in the evaluation of special students.

Use of informal and formal evaluation techniques to develop individualized educational programs for young children with disabilities and individualized family support plans for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. An emphasis is the implementation of a multidisciplinary team approach in the assessment of young children.

This course is designed to assist preservice teachers in developing instruction that provides diverse learners meaningful access to the school curriculum, and assist them in becoming self-regulated learners.

Persons with disabilities and people from other diverse groups and the services they need from school and society for success. Consideration of the abilities, causes and educational implications. May not be taken in lieu of EDG 2701.

Techniques of classroom organization and management strategies with groups of exceptional students designed to enhance teacher effectiveness and pupil learning and prevent management problems.

Practice in application of classroom management strategies in actual laboratory and classroom settings serving exceptional students.

This course is designed to assist preservice teachers in learning classroom management strategies to enable them to develop a positive classroom community for students with disabilities and other diverse learners. They will learn organizational and management strategies to assist students in managing their behavior.

Open only to majors in Special Education. Students are assigned to work with disabled students in classrooms, agencies or institutions. Students are supervised and attend seminars relating to community and school services for disabled persons.

This course provides an overview of issues, trends and best practices in the education of infants and toddlers who are at-risk or disabled (birth to three).

Designed for preservice teachers and focuses on designing and delivering instruction to students with academic learning problems.

A laboratory of direct observation procedures. The production, management, and interpretation of data for instruction decisions.

Designed to introduce special educators to the career development, transition and vocational components of programming for adolescents and adults with disabilities.

Designed to teach collaborative consultation and co-teaching skills to enhance teacher effectiveness and pupil learning.

Professional skills in working with families of young children with disabilities, including understanding of family systems theory, assessing family strengths and needs, developing individual family support plans (IFSP) or individual educational plan (IEP), and enhancing communication and counseling skills. Understanding families from diverse cultures.

Cultural and linguistic diversity among young children with disabilities and their families.

Students will conduct informal assessments, will plan an intervention program, and will provide intervention to young children with disabilities.

Open only to undergraduates who wish to study a problem in depth that relates to their preparation as special education teachers. The project must be approved and supervised by department faculty. GR-E†

Educational, psychological, sociological and medical aspects of children and adolescents with varying degrees of retardation.

Course investigates the development and implementation of programs/curricula for moderately retarded students in the public schools, institutions, and privately operated schools and workshops, ages preschool through adolescence.

Educational procedures, programming strategies, and curriculum development required for developmentally young children and youth with multiple impairments including physical, visual, auditory, medical and behavioral problems.