2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog

EDSE 406 Behavior is Language: Special Education Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behavior

Designed to provide teachers with intervention strategies/behavior techniques to remediate disruptive behaviors and reduce power struggles while increasing classroom control.

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EDSE 422 Directed Studies

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.

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EDSE 430 Exceptional Student in the Elementary Classroom

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.

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EDSE 431 Strategies for Young Learners with Exceptionalities

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.
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EDSE 433 Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom

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.

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EDSE 440 Introduction to the Education of the Visually Handicapped

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.

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EDSE 442 Language and Literacy for Students with Severe Delays

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDSE 320, EDRD 410, EDFE 120 or EDFE 125 and ASLS 266. Take concurrently with EDSE 322, EDSE 327 and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education Majors only. Exploration of lifespan relationships between significant oral language delays, home/school dialectical mismatches, or language differences and the acquisition of literacy in both its oral and written dimensions.

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EDSE 443 Support Systems in Special Education

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.

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EDSE 444 Student Teaching in Special Education

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.

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EDSE 460 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities

Explores language and cultural variables that influence instruction and assessment practices for students with disabilities who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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