Course Descriptions
Special Education (SPED)SPED 3073. Survey of Exceptional Children. An overview of the various types of exceptional children. Emphasis is placed on characteristics, identification, cooperating agencies, and educational programming. Includes skills in IEP’s and inclusion. For IEC majors. Fall semester.
SPED 4013. Adapted Kinesiology. A study of individual education for typical and atypical students; basic materials, methods; and principles of a graded program of general class activities and special adaptive education and therapeutics of recreation for the disabled and handicapped. Fall, spring semester.
SPED 4016. Student Teaching in K-12 of the Mildly Handicapped. To be taken as part of the Student Teaching Block. On demand.
SPED 4023. Nature and Needs of the Gifted and Talented. Prerequisite: SPED 4073. Educational, psychological, and social characteristics and needs of gifted and talented students and of their teachers.
SPED 4033. Methods of Teaching the Gifted and Talented. Prerequisite: SPED 4023. Curriculum, instructional methods, and development of programs and materials. On demand.
SPED 4043. Inclusive Education. Concentrated study and application of the theoretical approaches concerning the young child (preschool through grade four) with special needs in the inclusive early childhood classroom. The course will include focus on etiology; developmental deviations of children with mild disabilities; specific learning characteristics and problems including cognitive, language and communication, academic; and social and behavioral development of children at-risk and disabled. A case study approach will be used. Fall semester.
SPED 4053. Curriculum and Instruction Planning P-4. This course includes the theoretical basis and application for preparing developmentally appropriate and ageappropriate curriculum for children with exceptional learning needs based on adapting the general education curriculum. It focuses on interpreting special education evaluation reports, and developing Individual Education Programs and Individual Family Service Programs for children with mild disabilities functioning at P-4 grade levels in developmental, academic, social/emotional, and behavioral areas. Fall semester.
SPED 4071. Survey of Exceptional Children. This course is a general survey of exceptional individuals from 0-21 years, and an introduction to special education including special education history and law, disability causations, definitions, classification systems, characteristics of all categories of exceptional learners (disabled and gifted), provision of services, and appropriate educational interventions. Recommended for middle school and secondary majors. Fall, spring semester.
SPED 4073. Survey of Exceptional Individuals. A general survey of exceptional individuals form 0-21 years, and an introduction to special education including special education history and law, disability causations, definitions and classification systems, characteristics of all categories of exceptional learners (disabled and gifted), provision of services, and appropriate educational interventions. Recommended for middle school and secondary majors. Fall, spring semesters.
