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: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201 and minimum GPA 2.75. 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

Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 203, and EDSE 270. 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.

This course addresses behavioral theories and their application in creating effective environments and in assessing and managing classroom behavior.

Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 320, and EDSE 325. 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. Assessment fee required.

Prerequisites: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 203, EDSE 270, and MATH 182. 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: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 203, and EDSE 270. 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: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 203, and EDSE 270. 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: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP. 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: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP; 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: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; EDSE 201, EDSE 203; Admission to Early Childhood Special Education Program. 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: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP; 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: Application for Initial Admission to PTEP; 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: Application for Full Admission to PTEP; 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.