This course focuses on the foundations of special education and is designed to introduce students to the field of teaching exceptional children. It will develop students? understanding of disability with a focus on characteristics, functional and academic implications, and services and programs to help meet the educational, social, and/or personal goals for students with disabilities. We also highlight the experiences of individuals with disabilities and their families by inviting guest speakers to our class.

This course is a study of the origin, diagnosis, and treatment of special needs children with an emphasis on learning, goal planning, and understanding their intellectual, social, physical and sensory needs.

This course is a study of the origin, diagnosis, and treatment of special needs children with an emphasis on learning, goal planning, and understanding their intellectual, social, physical and sensory needs.

This course introduces students to school personnel and community organizations that special education teachers collaborate with. The focus is on understanding resources that support students with disabilities to be successful.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the major historical and contemporary theories of human development and learning and their educational implications.

This course provides an overview of research and practices related to working with families in the educational contexts of young children. Methods for developing positive partnerships between educational institutions and families are explored.

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Prepracticum experience in ECE settings

Examines how erroneous beliefs form and why they survive. Builds skills to reveal their shaky foundations and fight their harmful consequences. Analyzes beliefs relating to health, the environment, sports, and social structures, including the American race-based caste system. Introduces statistical and research design concepts. Analysis emphasized; minimal calculations. Counts as a Foundations course toward the Education minor. Team-based learning. (Gen.Ed. R2)

This course provides an introduction to statistical reasoning with a focus on educational contexts. You will learn how to reason from uncertain empirical data (as is often the case when dealing with school/classroom data) and how to apply this general and fundamental intellectual method in the social sciences. You will also learn how to use a variety of tools (SPSS, Excel, and TI-83 Plus) to perform data analysis on personal computers and to interpret and write results sections based on the analyses. (Gen. Ed. R2)