Prerequisite: EDFE 120. Submit to SPED Office in one package: Application Checklist, PLACE or PRAXIS exam results, an unofficial transcript copy with EDFE 120 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. Assessment fee required.
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. Assessment fee required
This course addresses behavioral theories and their application in creating effective environments and in assessing and managing classroom behavior.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDSE 270, and 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. Supervision fee required.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDSE 270, and 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. Course fee required.
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.
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.
Prerequisites: EDSE 201, EDSE 203. Admission to Early Childhood Special Education Program, 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.
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.
Prerequisites: 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.
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
Prerequisites: EDFE 110, EDFE 120, EDSE 170, EDSE 370 (may be taken concurrently), and GPA of 3.00. Majors only. Students plan, develop, and evaluate a classroom action research project in consultation with the course instructor. School placements may be public or private, kindergarten through high school. The purpose of this course is to coordinate theory with practice.
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.
Majors/Minors only. This course is designed to provide licensure candidates with information about students with disabilities, and other unique needs. This will include current research and practices related to issues in the field of special education such as Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This course will help students identify and adapt instruction for students with a wide range of disabilities and differences.
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.
Prerequisite: GPA of 2.75. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA and instructor consent. 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. Supervision fee required.
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, 327 and EDSE 328 or 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. Assessment fee required.
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. Supervision fee required.
Explores language and cultural variables that influence instruction and assessment practices for students with disabilities who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.