SPED 6602 Learning Characteristics of Children with Disabilities

This course will examine the learning and behavior characteristics, theories of etiology, and teaching strategies regarding students with disabilities. The purpose of this course is to provide support for the candidate in acquiring the knowledge and skills required in today’s classrooms that assist with the identification of those learning factors that both support and impede a student’s developmental progress or place students at risk for success in school. There will be 15 hours of directed field experiences embedded into this course.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

fall

Student Learning Outcomes

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OUTCOMES (See School of Education Syllabus A – IV)

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

Outcome	SEMLOs	Evaluation
1. Identify disabilities as defined by the law.	1	Final Exam Presentation Movie Review Resource Guide
2.  Describe the spectrum of learning problems and how disabilities fit within the context of education.	1	Final Exam Presentation Movie Review Simulation Activity
3. Explain how to best assess student learning, especially when that learning may be obscured by a mild disability.	1, 2, 3, 4	Final Exam Field Experience
4. Relate teacher behaviors as a factor in lack of student success in mastering the CCGPS.	1, 2, 3, 4	Final Exam Movie Review
5. Describe how to plan interventions based on each learner’s specific behavioral and academic learning characteristics and needs.	1, 3, 5	Final Exam Presentation Movie Review
6. Solve problems for individuals with a disability by identifying which accommodations are appropriate and useful in providing access to the CCGPS.	3, 5, 6, 7	Final Exam Presentation Movie Review
7. Administer appropriate standardized assessments as determined from observation of student and needs assessment.	8	Field Experience
8. Report on the assessment results making basic instructional and environmental recommendations based on those results which will increase access to the CCGPS.	9, 11	Field Experience
9. Use technology for planning and managing the teaching and learning environment.	6, 12, 13	Field Experience