Overview
Description
Development of education programs and curriculum strategies for students with learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, and/or cognitive disabilities. Attention is given to the modification and adaptation of regular classrooms and curricula, including intervention strategies and career planning. It fulfills part of the Nevada State SPED endorsement requirement, and is aligned with the InTASC Standards.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- formerly Sierra Nevada University Teacher Education student.
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
formerly Sierra Nevada University Teacher Education student.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Other
Related Courses
Formerly Known As SNU: SPED 520
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- comprehend educational research and write summaries of research articles using professional language and APA writing style.
- use online databases to locate peer-reviewed research articles.
- recognize the importance of educational research for improving instructional practices.
- demonstrate an understanding of high and low incidence disabilities while co-teaching, classroom accommodations, etc.
- identify and describe diversity in the classroom, individual learning styles, and unique patterns of learning and development.
- demonstrate communication techniques and discuss innovative ways to involve family and community in the educational experience.
- demonstrate understanding of strategies and interventions to support students with high and low incidence disabilities.
- develop a differentiated unit plan including specific strategies to implement in a classroom with a variety of skill levels.