EDUC-SP 5506      Special Education Law, Individualized Education Programs (IEP's), and Transition
This course provides students with knowledge of special education law, the individualized education program (IEP), and transition-related instruction i.e., preparation for post-high school education employment, independent living, and community integration) for students with disabilities. Prior to taking the course, a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10-hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include observation of meetings with families and other professionals. Prerequisites: Master's student status or consent of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5507      Introduction To Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical Disabilities
This is the initial foundations course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderate disabilities including learning disabilities (LD), emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD), mental retardation (MR), and physical and other health impairments (POHI). It is designed to provide candidates who are new to the field of special education with a foundation for working with students who have exceptional learning needs. Prior to taking the course, a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10-hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include observations and working with children and youth with disabilities. Prerequisite: TE 404/5404
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5508      Assessment for Special Educators
This is a foundations course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderate disabilities. The purpose of this course is to provide understanding and practice in formal and informal evaluation. This course is applicable to candidates who plan to work either directly (special educators) or indirectly (special education administrators) with students with exceptional learning needs and to engage in critical analysis of assessment issues confronting the field of special education. Prior to taking the course, background check must be completed in order to do the required 10-hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include observations and working with children and youth with disabilities. Prerequisites: Intro to MM/CC Disabilities & Methods of Teaching Students with MM/CC Disabilities
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5509      Cognition & Lang Dev In Mild/Mod Cross-Categorical Disabilities
This is a specialized methods course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderate disabilities. This course examines normal and atypical development and cultural and linguistic diversity of students with exceptional learning needs. Candidates will practice collaborative and reflective decision-making and problem solving in areas such as: (a) developmentally sequenced activities, (b) receptive and expressive language, and (c) communication and augmentative communication skills. Prerequisites: Intro to MM/CC Disabilities & Methods of Teaching Students with MM/CC Disabilities. Prior to taking the course, a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10-hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include working observations and working with children and youth with disabilities.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5510      Practicum in Special Education
The purpose of this course is to provide a field-based experience in a setting with students with mild/moderate cross-categorical disabilities. This field experience affords candidates classroom experience either in their own instructional settings or under the tutelage of a master teacher. Placement sites reflect the multicultural diversity found in special education classrooms (K-12). Prerequisites: TCH-ED 404 and Introduction to MM/CC Disabilities. Prior to taking this course, a background check must be completed in order to do the required field experience for this course. The practicum will include observations, working with children and youth with disabilities individually and in small groups, as well lesson preparation and presentation.
Credits: 2 hours
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EDUC-SP 5513      Methods Of Teaching Students M/M Cross-Categorical Disabilities
This is the initial methods course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderate disabilities. The central purpose of this course is to present unit-wide academic and behavioral strategies from eclectic theoretical perspectives. Candidates will examine validated practices and learn to apply such practices to plan instruction, deliver instruction, and evaluate student and teacher performance. Prior to taking the course, a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10-hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include observations and working with children and youth with disabilities.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5514      Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behavior in the Classroom
This is a specialized methods course in special education of children and youth with mild moderate disabilities and is designed to provide master s candidates with tools to engage children and youth behavioral assessment strategies and behavior management techniques Prior to taking the course a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10 hour field experience for this course The field experience will include observations and working with children and youth with disabilities.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5516      Collaborating with Families and Other Professionals
This is a methods course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderation disabilities. The course presents principles and procedures for fostering collaborative partnerships among family members, caregivers, educators, and human service personnel that lead to outcomes of individual and mutual empowerment. Candidates will engage in reflective thinking on their personal philosophical beliefs and interweave these beliefs with the skills needed to work with the multicultural issues facing families of children and youth with mild/moderate cross-categorical disabilities and other professionals. Prior to taking the course a background check must be completed in order to do the required 10 hour field experience for this course. The field experience will include observations and working with families of children and youth with disabilities and education professionals.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5517      Characteristics, Hist & Thrys: Emotional Disturbance In Children
An investigation of theories, classification, etiology, incidence, and characteristics of children with emotional/ behavioral disorders.
Credits: 3 hours
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EDUC-SP 5570      Student Teaching in Special Education
This is the final clinical course in the master's degree sequence in special education of children and youth with mild/moderate disabilities. The purpose of this course is to provide a field-based experience in a setting where candidates will be fully responsible for designing curriculum and teaching students with mild/moderate cross-categorical disabilities. Placement sites reflect the multicultural diversity found in special education classrooms (K-12). This course requires candidates to apply content learned throughout the master's degree program in an authentic setting. Prior to taking the course a background check must be completed. Student teaching involves a full time commitment to the field for 16 weeks. Prerequisite: EDSP 5510
Credits: 8 hours
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EDUC-SP 5589      Special Topics In Education
A course designed to deal with a special education topic which is not available in the regular course offerings. Topics, instructors, and prerequisites to be listed on the semester bulletin.
Credits: 1-6 hours
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EDUC-SP 5598      Individual Studies
Review of the research and trends relative to selected problems in special education. By prior arrangement with instructor.
Credits: 1-6 hours
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