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Chairperson: Norma G. Hernandez

PROFESSOR EMERITUS: James F. Day
PROFESSORS: Hernandez, Wood
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Combs, Gonzalez, Ingalls, Lloyd
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Hammond, Johnson, Lundervold

Educational Psychology and Counseling (EDPC) Courses

3300 Developmental Variations (3-0-2)

This course covers typical development (cognitive-language, physical-motor, and social-personality) from birth through young adulthood as well as variations of typical development and accommodations made within the education system to include federal, state, local, and school-based decisions in instruction, curriculum, and law. Field experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.

Studies in a designated area. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Department approval.

3310 Introduction to Special Education (3-0)

Survey of the various exceptionalities, litigation, and laws pertaining to the handicapped and definitions and characteristics of the various handicapping conditions. Emphasis on the way behavior, learning problems, and physical disorders affect learning. Field experience required. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.

This course is designed to acquaint students with cognitive and social-emotional characteristics common to learning disabled students, and to explore factors which influence the performance of these students in various settings. Includes definitions, characteristics, and causes for learning disabilities. Prerequisites or co-requisite: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

Study of school Programs for emotionally disturbed youth. Overview of contemporary theories and approaches to educating students with behavior disorders, emotional disturbance, or autism. Prerequisites or co-requisite: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

Focuses on characteristics, history, and educational implications for students with severe or profound disabilities. Includes various models of integration, transition, and community based instruction. Specific field experience is required. Prerequisites or co-requisite: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

Designed to provide special education Teachers with an understanding of concepts and procedures for encouraging language development, and for teaching reading and other major content areas to students with disabilities. Specific field experience is required. Prerequisites: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

Area of study will be designated. May be repeated for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: Department approval and admission to Teacher Education.

Referral, assessment, placement, and Program processes for persons with exceptionalities, including both formal and informal techniques, and implications for the use of this assessment information. Prerequisites: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education. Course Fee required.

Terms and concepts of vocational education and Programming in habilitation for students with moderate to severe intellectual difficulties. Will include information on sheltered and non-sheltered employment for the handicapped. Prerequisites: SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

Includes general principles in the organization of all types and levels of special education and inclusive classrooms as well as theories regarding the behavioral and social needs of students in those classrooms. Specific field experience is required. Senior standing suggested. Prerequisites: SPED 3310, department approval, and admission to Teacher Education.

One semester of teaching in the classroom. Observation by the university instructor of the candidate's classroom teaching and seminars designed to relate the classroom instructional situation to corresponding instructional theory. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of Professional Studies, department approval, and admission to Teacher Education.

Continuation of SPED 3493. Prerequisite: SPED 3493, department approval, and admission to Teacher Education.

Minimum of fifteen weeks all-day student teaching in special education and elementary classroom plus fifteen hours of seminar. Special admission requirements for student teaching. Prerequisites: All other professional studies courses, RED 3340 , and admission to Teacher Education.

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