Prerequisite:
EDFE 120. Submit to SPED Office in one package: Application Checklist, PLACE or PRAXIS exam results, an unofficial transcript copy with
EDFE 120 or
EDFE 125 and
EDSE 130 highlighted, and Major Content Approval Form. Subject to approval by Major Content Advisor. S/U graded.
Supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12. Repeatable
Provides historical perspective and current views of exceptionalities. Develops specific information regarding human exceptionalities while clarifying realistic attitudes towards persons with exceptionalities.
Introduction to special education, including: historical and legal perspective, characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities, issues related to identification and services, role of professionals in special and general education.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201 or concurrently. Addresses the development of the Individual Education Program through effective collaboration and consultation, including pre-referral through implementations, individualized planning, and student and family involvement.
Prerequisite:
EDFE 110; 2.75 GPA required or new student at UNC. To become familiar with special education bachelor degree program requirements; introduced to teaching as a profession and the roles and responsibilities of special educators; school placements may be public or private, K-12; required classroom observations and seminars.
Prerequisite:
EDFE 110; 2.75 GPA required or new student at UNC; previous and relevant special education experience, waved by special education program coordinator. To become familiar with special education bachelor degree program requirements; introduced to teaching as a profession and the roles and responsibilities of special educators; required seminars.
For beginning teachers and clinicians. Topics will include observation, techniques, programming, community relations, child development as related to exceptional children and evaluation for placement. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, or concurrently, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Explore issues in assessment related to exceptional children. Emphasis placed on principles, purposes and processes of assessment related to programming in special education.
Prerequisite: EDSE 320. Take concurrently with EDSE 326, EDSE 443, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special education majors only. Applied experience in the administration and interpretation of formal and informal achievement tests used with exceptional individuals.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 327, EDSE 442, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special education majors only. Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities. Emphasis is on academic content areas across the curriculum and the development of positive learning environments.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. This course addresses behavioral theories and their application in creating effective environments and in assessing and managing classroom behavior.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 442, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education majors only. Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities, emphasizing academic content across the curriculum and in the development of positive learning environments.
Prerequisites: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 326, and EDSE 443 OR with EDSE 322, EDSE 327, and EDSE 442. Special Education majors only. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.
Prerequisites: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 326, and EDSE 443 or with EDSE 322, EDSE 327, and EDSE 442. Special Education majors only. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.
Prerequisites: STEP 161 and 2.5 GPA. Co-requisites: STEP 262 and PSY 349. Provides secondary classroom teacher information about special education, exceptional learners, and operational components in Special Education, and techniques for integration of special needs students including modification, adaptation, and specialized resources.
Prerequisites: EDFE 110 and EDSE 170. Advanced supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12. Repeatable
Definitions, characteristics, and needs of diverse groups of gifted/talented children/youth will be covered. Emphasis on identification of these children and the appropriate curriculum/programming options to facilitate their needs.
Designed to provide teachers with intervention strategies/behavior techniques to remediate disruptive behaviors and reduce power struggles while increasing classroom control.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Prerequisite: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Provide elementary level licensure candidates current research/practices related to students with exceptionalities. Identify/adapt instruction for students with a wide range of disabilities. Field experience will be used extensively.
Prerequisite:
EDFE 110 or
EDFE 120 or
EDFE 125. Provide teacher candidates with information about young learners with exceptionalities emphasizing development from birth to age eight. Identify/adapt instruction for students with a wide range of exceptionalities. Field experience will be used extensively.
Required of students majoring in Fine Arts, Physical Education, Music Education and Vocational Education. Provides information on handicapped and gifted students, identification procedures and teaching techniques.
Non-majors only. Descriptions of visual disabilities, the history and background of formalized educational and rehabilitative services, basic medical and psychological aspects and an overview of the types of organizations serving the field.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 327 and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education Majors only. Students will acquire skills in case management, facilitating support processes, and delivering direct support within general education settings for students receiving special education services.
Full Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Admission, all general education courses, all major courses, and all PTEP courses. EDRD 411 may be taken concurrently. Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.
Explores language and cultural variables that influence instruction and assessment practices for students with disabilities who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.