Educational Psychology and Special Services

701 Education Building

Phone: (915) 747-5221

E-mail: edpsych@utep.edu

CHAIRPERSON: Thomas A. Wood

PROFESSORS: Wood

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS: Combs, Gonzalez, Ingalls, Lloyd

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS: Hammond, Johnson

 

Educational Psychology and Counseling (EDPC)

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.

4350 Workshop in Educational Psychology and Counseling (3-0)

Studies in a designated area. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Prerequisite: Department approval.

 

Special Education (SPED)

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.

3325 The Learning Disabled Student (3-0)

This course is designed to acquaint students with cognitive and social-emotional

characteristics common to learning disabled students, and to explore factors that influence

the performance of these students in various settings. Includes definitions, characteristics,

and causes for learning disabilities. Prerequisites or corequisite: SPED 3310 and

admission to Teacher Education.

 

 

 

 

3330 Students with Emotional Disturbance (3-0)

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 corequisite: SPED 3310 and admission to

Teacher Education.

3340 Students with Severe and Profound Disabilities (3-0)

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 corequisite:

SPED 3310 and admission to Teacher Education.

3345 Language and Reading for Special Learners (3-0)

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.
  1. Workshop in Special Education (2-0)
  1. Workshop in Special Education (3-0)
  1. Workshop in Special Education (4-0)
  1. Workshop in Special Education (5-0)

4650 Workshop in Special Education (6-0)

Area of study will be designated. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

Prerequisites: Department approval and admission to Teacher Education.

4330 Diagnosis and Placement (3-0)

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.

4340 Transitional Education for Special Learners (3-0)

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.

4365 Organization and Management in Special Education (3-0)

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.

4393 Internship in Special Education I (3-0-30)

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.

4394 Internship in Special Education II (3-0-30)

Continuation of SPED 4393. Prerequisites: SPED 4393, department approval, and

admission to Teacher Education.

4691 Student Teaching in Special Education/Elementary (1-0-30)

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.