EDU 337 TEACHING EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS
Teaching Exceptional Learners focuses on classroom management and the characteristics and instructional adaptations for exceptional students in the regular classroom. This course addresses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and subsequent reauthorizations, presents practices for working with students who are at-risk and students with disabilities in inclusive settings, and includes technological considerations. This course is designed to provide an historical and contemporary overview of the special education process while focusing on various types of learners with special needs, including students with disabilities, gifted learners, and children at risk. Topics include: legal requirements and laws, partnering with parents/families, categories of exceptionality, identification and intervention, collaboration, and research-based best practices, including Response to Intervention (RTI) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Students will dedicate a minimum of 10 hours during corequisite clinical working directly with one or more children who display exceptionalities. Summary of practices implemented and reflections on this experience are included in the TEP portfolio. 3 credits (Spring)
Prerequisite
Admission to TEP
Offered
Spring