EDUC 420 - Special Education Methods

5 Credits

Students with disabilities in the Resident Teacher’s class will be used as case studies to help Resident Teacher learn the application of theoretical concepts and tools in the provision of services to students with disabilities in school settings. IEP’s, RTI, assessment, intervention tools, and special educational techniques will be analyzed, evaluated, and developed with particular emphasis to cultural sensitivity and potential bias.

Pre-requisite(s) Concurrent enrollment in EDUC 400 and EDUC 470.
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - EDUC
FeesES

Quarters Typically Offered
Winter Evening
Designed to Serve Students in the BAS in T&EL program who are seeking certification as a school teacher.
Active Date 20201105T14:50:42

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 30
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline

Defining disability–Culture and bias
Serving students with disabilities in schools
Assessing students with disabilites (RTI and IEP’s/IFSP’s)
Assisting students with disabilities to learn (IEP/IFSP)
Accommodating students with disabilities
Adapting general education settings for students with disabilities
Community resources for children with disabilities

Student Learning Outcomes
Candidates will collaborate with their mentor teacher, other professionals, and the family of one of their students to develop an advanced and practical understanding of the impact their student’s individual characteristics, family, community, cultural background, ethnicity, physical/neurological development, language development, socioeconomic status (SES), gender, and ability have on their development and reflect that understanding in the curricular materials they produce.

Candidates will develop and use an instructional plan that is sensitive to the student’s development.

Candidates will develop an instructional plan, use it, and then revise it and articulate the rationale for revision.

Candidates will articulate the various parts of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and distinguish it from an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP).

Candidates will collaborate with parents, their mentor teacher, and others as necessary to develop an IEP.

Candidates will articulate and use the principles of applied behavioral analysis to have a positive impact on one student behavior.

Candidates will select community resources that can respond to individual student/family need.