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9.- Special Education (SPED) Courses
5320 Special Education: Historical and Legal Basis (3-0)
Emphasis on litigation, legislation, and laws pertaining to definitions of exceptional children including learning and behavior disorders, physical, mental, and sensory handicaps and the exceptionally gifted and talented student.
5321 Trends and Issues in Bilingual Special Education (3-0)
In-depth exploration of strategies and instructional services for students with disabilities who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Nationally recognized issues and practices for these individuals will be reviewed. Prerequisites: SPED 5337 and department approval.
5322 The Bilingual Exceptional Child (3-0)
Focuses on the bilingual exceptional child, and provides information on how to teach students of limited English proficiency and multi-cultural background who are assigned to special education classes.
5330 Early Intervention for Young Children and Their Families (3-0)
Focuses on recommended intervention strategies for children from birth to eight years of age who have disabilities or who are at risk of having developmental delays; emphasizes typical and atypical development, family involvement, assessment, and natural setting interventions. Prerequisite: SPED 5320 or instructor approval.
5337 Assessment: Disability and Cultural/Linguistic Factors (3-0)
Course content will focus on language acquisition, assessment of cultural variance in educational settings, selection of appropriate norm referenced assessment tools, administration and analysis of selected tests as it applies to students with, or suspected to have, a disability. Prerequisite: Department approval.
5345 Remediating Students with Learning Disabilities (3-0)
Focuses on the role of the special educator in providing services to students with disabilities in the least restrictive settings. Incorporates strategies in team building, collaborative planning, and implementation as well as instruction in curricular and instructional modifications. Prerequisite: SPED 5320.
5347 Parents of Exceptional Children (3-0)
Relevant approaches and techniques for teachers to work with parents of exceptional children; includes strategies for developing knowledge and skills associated with facilitating child growth by cooperative home-school planning. Prerequisite: SPED 5320.
5348 Differential Diagnosis of Handicapping Conditions (3-0)
Diagnosis of and state eligibility criteria for all handicapping conditions with emphasis on the learning disabled, mentally retarded, and emotionally disturbed student. Focuses on factors affecting diagnosis and eligibility including language, culture, lifestyle, and educational background. Prerequisite: SPED 5320.
5350 Special Topics in Special Education (3-0)
Selected topics for graduate students and teachers in special areas. May be repeated when topic varies. Prerequisites: SPED 5320 and department approval.
5361 Nature and Needs of the Severely Disturbed (3-0)
Focuses on the theory and symptomatology of children with severe emotional disturbances; provides a cross section of information on current research related to identification, differential diagnosis, psychogenic and physiological factors, intervention programs, and teaching strategies. Prerequisite: SPED 5320.
5363 Intervention for the Severely Emotionally Disturbed (3-0)
Focuses on methods for promoting behavior change and facilitating affective development of children who are emotionally impaired/behaviorally disordered; provides a wide variety of intervention strategies. Prerequisites: SPED 5320 and SPED 5361; or department approval.
5367 Characteristics of Students with Learning Disabilities (3-0)
Focuses on the various theoretical, etiological, sociological, and behavioral approaches to the understanding of children with language and learning disabilities. Emphasis is on the characteristics of this population and assessment strategies. Prerequisite: SPED 5320.
5369 Teaching the Learning Disabled in Reading (3-0)
Focuses on learning disabled students; provides information on how to teach learning disabled students decoding, word attack, comprehension, and other skills in reading; includes assessment of learning disabled students in reading difficulties. Prerequisites: SPED 5320 and SPED 5367.
5370 Teaching Secondary Students with Mild Handicaps (3-0)
Focuses on learning disabled students; provides information on how to teach the secondary learning-disabled student word attack, comprehension content subject mastery, and the study skills. Prerequisite: Twelve graduate semester hours in special education (SPED) or department approval.
5371 Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities (3-0)
Characteristics of students with severe disabilities, including assessment, program
development, teaching methodology, and design of learning environments; focuses on
inclusionary/mainstreaming educational and community settings. Prerequisite:
SPED 5320 or department approval.
5373 Teaching Students with Autism (3-0)
Characteristics of young children, elementary, and adolescent severely handicapped students with autism including assessment, program development, teaching methodology, and intervention techniques; includes programming for self-help, motor and language skills, reading, mathematics, and functional academic skills. Prerequisite: Twelve graduate semester hours in special education (SPED) or department approval.
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