PSYC 663 – Learning Dis:Formal & Informal Asst
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-611 EDUC-621 EDUC-622. (Required, Previous). | Take EDUC-760 EDUC-761. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course examines both formal (published, norm-referenced) and informal (criterion referenced, curriculum-based, observational) measures used to: 1) screen, identify, and classify students by disability category, 2) identify students’ strengths and impediments to learning, 3) design and […]
EDUC 763 – Meth.For Teaching Students With L.D
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-761. (Required, Previous or concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course examines a range of age-appropriate techniques for quantitatively teaching diverse and exceptional learners in a variety of settings, including both school and the community. Participants will apply and critically assess whether a specific technique is suitable to the content area […]
EDUC 760 – Intro to Exceptionalities & Legal Found
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: The course introduces the graduate student to the etiologies, theoretical foundations, and characteristics of the spectrum of exceptionalities ranging from giftedness to high incidence disabilities (learning disabilities, intellectual and developmental disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders) to low-incidence disabilities (orthopedic, sensorimotor deficits). Among the topics addressed are: options for delivery of […]
EDUC 762 – Instr Planning & Iep Dev
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-760 EDUC-761. (Required, Previous). | Take EDUC-759. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course will emphasize the basic principles of instructional design as a part of IEP implementation for students with disabilities. With primary focus on the development of lesson plans and instructional units for both individual and group instruction, […]
EDUC 638 – Assessment of Reading
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-639. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed to introduce the learner to reading assessment in terms of theories, specific measures and procedures, data interpretation and intervention implications.
EDUC 639 – Practicum :Assessment of Reading
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-638. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: This course is designed to allow learners the practical experience of assessing PK-12 students in reading. Course participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate proficiency in interpreting data and developing interventions. This course requires the completion of a minimum of 15 hours in a […]
EDUC 624 – Behavior Management of Studs W/Disa
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course examines research-supported techniques that teachers can use in working with learners who have exceptional learning needs and whose behavior interferes with their success. These students include children and adolescents with problems related to sustaining attention, hyperactivity, pragmatic language skills, aggression, and oppositional defiance. Participants will learn […]
EDUC 759 – IEP Development & Transition Stud w/ LD
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-760 EDUC-761. (Required, Previous). | Take EDUC-762. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course will emphasize the basic principles of IEP development and transition practices for teaching students with learning disabilities which will include interpreting psycho-educational reports to develop appropriate goals and objectives for IEP development; understanding how differentiated instruction […]
EDUC 761 – Learning Disab:Char, Ident, & Place
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-621 EDUC-622. (Required, Previous). | Take EDUC-760. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course focuses on classical and contemporary approaches to identifying students with learning disabilities, including issues related to definitions, disproportionate representation, and approaches to assessment and program planning. Problems with perception, memory, language, schematic/organizational learning, haptic learning, self-governance, […]
EDUC 737 – Content Area Reading & Writing
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is designed to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers in grades PK-12 to teach reading and writing skills related to content subjects (i.e., Math, Science, Social Studies, English Language Arts) in an integrated manner. Methods and materials needed to promote reading achievement in content subjects will be […]
EDUC 745 – Reading & Writing for Divergent/Exc
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Participants will learn to apply research-supported techniques for assisting students with divergent and exceptional needs who experience substantial difficulty in reading and written language. Building on understandings of the cognition, memory, and language characteristics of divergent and exceptional learners, the course will examine the development of the following: […]