College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
School of Special Education
This course is designed to provide the political, historical and legal foundations of special education and the education of culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and addresses the educational implications for the teacher and children with unique learning needs.
Students gain knowledge and skills to select, adapt, and conduct assessments, develop Individualized Educational Programs, and use data from assessment to plan instruction within a continuum of service delivery models for diverse children and youth.
This course is designed for the SPED/CLD graduate student to be provided with opportunities to observe in a variety of special education settings, reflect on the observations and develop teaching related artifacts suitable for use in the specified field experience settings. S/U graded.
EDS 581: with minimum grade of C and EDS 582: with minimum grade of C and ECLD 594: with minimum grade of C and EDSE 597: with minimum grade of C
This course is designed so that the SPED/CLD graduate student is provided with opportunities to observe in a variety of second language settings, reflect on the observations and develop teaching related artifacts suitable for use when teaching culturally and linguistically diverse learners who are in the process of learning English. S/U graded.
EDS 581: with minimum grade of C and EDS 582: with minimum grade of C and ECLD 594: with minimum grade of C and EDSE 597: with minimum grade of C and May concurrently take ECLD 596: with minimum grade of C
Students will be introduced to educational research, design, analysis and its applicability when reading, designing, or conducting educational research, particularly research that involves K-12 students with special education needs and those who are learning English as a new language.
This course is designed for the CLD/SPED graduate student to be provided with opportunities to observe and participate in a variety of special education and second language acquisition settings; reflect on the observations and develop teaching related artifacts suitable for use in specified field experience settings (specifically serving students with special needs and/or those students with culturally/linguistically diverse needs).