This field-based course is intended to provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their readiness for teaching students with disabilities across grade levels, special education settings, and types of disabilities. This advanced practicum will allow you to gain experiences in teaching students with disabilities and apply your course content to a classroom setting.

A review of pertinent legislation concerning human and constitutional rights related to persons with disabilities. Teachers' specific responsibilities and liabilities are described and related to current requirements for development of appropriate educational programs. Emphasis is given to how, through active parent participation, teachers can facilitate each student's developmental progress.

A review of pertinent legislation concerning human and constitutional rights related to persons with disabilities. Teachers' specific responsibilities and liabilities are described and related to current requirements for development of appropriate educational programs. Emphasis is given to how, through active parent participation, teachers can facilitate each student's developmental progress.

The purpose of this course is to provide pre-service educators and related-service providers with group and individual behavior management and instructional procedures that can be used in a variety of educational environments. Course content will provide both theoretical understanding and practical application of strategies aimed at creating safe, encouraging, and effective learning environments.

The purpose of this course is to provide pre-service educators and related-service providers with group and individual behavior management and instructional procedures that can be used in a variety of educational environments. Course content will provide both theoretical understanding and practical application of strategies aimed at creating safe, encouraging, and effective learning environments.

The purpose of this course is to provide pre-service educators and related-service providers with group and individual behavior management and instructional procedures that can be used in a variety of educational environments. Course content will provide both theoretical understanding and practical application of strategies aimed at creating safe, encouraging, and effective learning environments.

This course is designed to enable students to critically discuss issues relating to the educational, psychosocial, medical, and therapeutic aspects of teaching students with specific cognitive, physical, and sensory disabilities and health impairments. Students will learn to use assistive technology. This will include selecting appropriate adaptive devices/strategies, programming for their use in an educational setting, and identifying professionals who support these selections.

EDS 528 focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating individualized reading and language arts programs based on the educational characteristics of children with learning and behavior disorders in elementary and secondary school. This course also addresses the procedures needed for assessing the educationally relevant strengths and weakness in reading and language arts using informal and formal evaluation measures.

EDS 529 focuses on designing, implementing and evaluating individualized programs based on the educational characteristics of children with mild to moderate disabilities (e.g., learning, behavior) in elementary and secondary school. This course includes utilizing educational assessment to plan programming in math, language, and content areas. This course provides full GCCR credit for the special education program.

Special education issues with individuals exhibiting moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. A critical examination of contemporary research with regard to the educational, behavioral, developmental issues of individuals exhibiting moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Issues and research describing the full educational inclusion and community integration of persons with moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities will be addressed. Lecture, three hours.