2014-2015 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 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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