2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

School of Special Education

EDSE 130 Student Teaching Application

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.
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EDSE 170 Introduction to Field Based Experience

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

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EDSE 200 Human Exceptionalities

Provides historical perspective and current views of exceptionalities. Develops specific information regarding human exceptionalities while clarifying realistic attitudes towards persons with exceptionalities.

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EDSE 201 Culture of Special Education

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.

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EDSE 203 The Individualized Education Program and the Collaborative Process

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.

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EDSE 270 Field-Based Experience

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.
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EDSE 271 Field-Based Experience Seminar

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.
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EDSE 308 Workshop in Special Education

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.

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EDSE 320 Assessment in Special Education

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.

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EDSE 321 Advanced Assessment 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.

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EDSE 322 K-12 Methods in Special Education

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.

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EDSE 325 Behavioral Dimensions of Students with Exceptionalities I

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.

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EDSE 326 Behavioral Dimensions of Students with Exceptionalities II

Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 320, EDSE 325, EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Take concurrently with EDSE 321, EDSE 443, and EDSE 328 or EDSE 329. Special Education majors only. Learners will apply the principles of classroom management, assess student behavior, and develop individualized behavior plans that promote positive affective/social/academic growth.

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EDSE 327 Methods for Teaching Mathematics: Students with Special Needs

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.

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EDSE 328 Field Experience in Special Education: Elementary

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.

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EDSE 329 Field Experience in Special Education: Secondary

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.

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EDSE 331 Typical and Atypical Development of Young Children

Prerequisites: EDFE 110. Sophomores or above. The course explores typical and atypical patterns of early child development, birth to eight years; biological, cultural, and environmental influences; and implications for appropriate practice in early childhood special education.

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EDSE 332 Appropriate Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 and EDSE 201. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. Formal and informal assessment procedures for children with or at-risk for disabilities, birth to eight years. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary approaches, matching assessment to purposes, and linked assessment/planning systems.

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EDSE 333 Evidence-based Practices for Preschool Learners, 3-5 Years

Prerequisites: Admission to Early Childhood Special Education Program, EDSE 201, EDSE 203. Prerequisite or concurrent: EDFE 110 or EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Recommended practices for inclusive education of children ages 3 to 5 with and at risk for disabilities. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based strategies across developmental domains.

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EDSE 334 Evidence-based Practices for Young Learners, 5 to 8 Years

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 and EDSE 431. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. Recommended practices for inclusive education of children, 5 to 8 years, with and at-risk for disabilities. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based practices across developmental domains.

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EDSE 360 Adaptation, Modification, and Integration of Curriculum for the Secondary Exceptional Learner

Prerequisite: 2.50 GPA. 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.

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EDSE 370 Advanced Field-Based Experience

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

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EDSE 380 Introduction to the Education of the Gifted and Talented

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.

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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 and GPA of 2.75. 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 Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education

Prerequisite: 2.75 GPA. Current research and practices related to issues in the field of early childhood special education in inclusionary and naturalistic settings. Information about young learners with exceptionalities, birth to age 8.

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EDSE 432 Evidence-based Practices for Infants and Toddlers, Birth to 3 Years

Prerequisites: EDFE 110 and EDSE 431. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. Recommended practices for early intervention with infants and toddlers with and at-risk for disabilities, birth to 3 years. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based practices.

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EDSE 433 Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom

Prerequisite: GPA of 2.50. 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 434 Collaborative Practice with Families and Professionals

Early Childhood Special Education majors only. This course examines principles of collaborative practice in working with families and professionals within early childhood special education contexts.

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EDSE 435 Young Children with Significant Support Needs

Prerequisites: EDFE 110. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. This course provides strategies for working with young children ages birth to 8 years who have complex learning and behavioral needs due to environmental and/or biological conditions.

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EDSE 436 Field Experience in Early Childhood Special Education: Birth to 3 Years

Prerequisites: EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. Supervised apprenticeship in assessing and planning learning environments and implementing activities for infants and toddlers with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.

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EDSE 437 Field Experience in Early Childhood Special Education: 3-8 Years

Prerequisites: EDFE 120 or EDFE 125. Early Childhood Special Education majors only. Supervised apprenticeship in assessing and planning learning environments and implementing activities for children with exceptional learning needs 3- 8 years in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.

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EDSE 438 Student Teaching in Early Childhood Special Education

Prerequisites: EDFE 130, 3.0 GPA and instructor consent required. Supervised student teaching in assessing, planning, and implementing learning environments for children, birth to eight years. Application and synthesis of theory and pedagogy while demonstrating skills in early childhood settings.

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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 321, EDSE 326 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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