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.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with information related to working with young children with and without disabilities and their families. This course will focus both on presenting new information and providing opportunities for students to practice skills necessary for working with families.
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.
This course is designed as an examination of the critical issues of transition from school to work and post-secondary education for students with disabilities. As such, this course is appropriate for both graduate students in special education and those in rehabilitation counseling.
This course will focus on inclusion of students with disabilities in all aspects of school and community life, with special consideration given to the individual student planning variables that must be addressed in meeting the needs of each school-age student and for preparing students to function as fully and independently in their communities as possible.
This course is designed to introduce students to instructional strategies typically used with students classified with moderate and severe disabilities. Throughout the semester, course participants will be presented with information on how to organize and present instruction to students with moderate to severe disabilities across environments. The implementation of these skills is assessed through written products and classroom performance in school settings. Class meetings are two and one half-hours per week.
Supervised student teaching in a classroom for students with disabilities utilizing contemporary curricula, assessments, methods, and materials designed for use with children exhibiting moderate-severe developmental or intellectual disabilities and learning and behavior disorders. Student teachers are required to demonstrate attainment of the Kentucky Teacher Standards. Student teachers will be evaluated on these competencies by the university supervisor and the supervising classroom teacher throughout the student teaching placement. EDS 550 is offered on a letter grade basis only.
