Overview
Description
Etiology, description, impact of conditions such as cerebral palsy; neural tube defects, seizure disorders, sensory impairments. Collaborating to meet educational needs related to medical issues.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Summer - Odd Years
Terms
summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of medical issues related to disabilities as well as important educational, physical management, and health care needs related to areas such as abnormal development and effects of primitive reflexes and reactions, cerebral palsy, seizure disorders, congenital brain anomalies, neural tube defects, curvatures of the spine, and their health conditions.
- demonstrate understanding of issues and educational implications related to sensory impairments (i.e., hearing, vision, and combined deafblindness).
- demonstrate understanding of necessary terminology in reviewing reports from other personnel (e.g., OT, PT, speech/language therapist, nurse) and how to implement a collaborative teaming process; including knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act and how it pertains to implementing various procedures in educational settings.