Courses
EDSE A602 Best Practices in Inclusive Education 3 Credits
Develops, implements and evaluates Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with diverse learning needs. Provides in-depth understanding of evidence-based practices for supporting students with disabilities. Emphasizes inclusive educational settings and collaborative skills needed to work effectively with other professionals.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A610 Clinical Assessment: Eligibility and Program Planning 3 Credits
Provides a practical, applied approach for analyzing and synthesizing assessment for eligibility, program planning, progress monitoring, and transition. Covers techniques for formal and informal tools and procedures with a review of terminology and statistics. Emphasizes concepts related to assessment including MTSS, culturally and linguistically diverse learners, academically diverse learners, and accommodations and modifications.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A611Y Assessment in Preschool Special Education 3 Credits
Provides a practical, applied approach for analyzing and synthesizing assessment information for eligibility, program planning and progress monitoring with children 3-5 years old. Emphasizes concepts related to authentic and play-based assessment, curriculum-based assessments, multi-tiered systems of support and applications for cultural and linguistically diverse populations.
Special Note: This course includes a 15 hour field experience and may require a background check.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing and admission to the School of Education or to the College of Arts and Sciences
Crosslisted With: PSY A611Y
Prerequisites: EDEC A107 with a minimum grade of C or PSY A150 with a minimum grade of C or PSY A365 with a minimum grade of C.
EDSE A612 Curriculum and Strategies I: Low Incidence 3 Credits
Development, implementation and evaluation of IEPs for students with intensive needs (e.g., autism, multiple disabilities, physical disabilities). Provides in-depth understanding of evidence-based practices for supporting students with low incidence disabilities. Emphasizes inclusive educational settings and collaborative skills needed to work effectively with parents and other professionals to provide a comprehensive inclusive program to students with intensive needs.
Special Note: Course includes 15 hours of field experience.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing and departmental approval.
EDSE A622 Curriculum and Strategies II: High Incidence 3 Credits
Development, implementation, and evaluation of IEPs for students with mild to moderate learning and behavior challenges. Provides in-depth understanding of best practice strategies for supporting students with high incidence disabilities. Emphasizes inclusive educational settings and collaborative skills needed to work effectively with other professionals.
Special Note: Course includes 15 hours of field experience.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing, admission to the School of Education, and department approval
EDSE A623 Language and Literacy: Best Practices in Assessment and Intervention 3 Credits
Current research on literacy acquisition, assessment, and intervention. Emphasizes use of evidence-based practices in assessment and intervention. Identifies the link between language and literacy development and intervention. Considers academic, cultural, and linguistic diversity.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A623Y Strategies and Interventions: Preschool Special Education 3 Credits
Provides a critical study and application of best practices in evidence-based intervention strategies for preschool-aged children with disabilities, developmental delays or those at-risk for delays. Focuses on inclusive practices, tiered instructional approaches, and the application of routines-based and activity-based intervention in preschool settings.
Special Note: This course requires 15 hours of field experience and may require a background check.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing and admission to the School of Education or the College of Arts and Sciences
Crosslisted With: PSY A623Y
Prerequisites: EDEC A107 with a minimum grade of C or PSY A150 with a minimum grade of C or PSY A365 with a minimum grade of C.
EDSE A624 Social/Emotional Development, Assessment, and Intervention 3 Credits
Current research in both normal and abnormal social/emotional development. Emphasizes the use of research-based practices in assessment and intervention. Explores academic and cultural diversity in the social/emotional growth of students with learning differences.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A625 Teaching Mathematics to Special Learners 3 Credits
Provides assessment and instructional strategies in mathematics for teachers of students with disabilities. Focuses on standards-based instruction, explicit instruction, curriculum-based assessments, and preparation of students for high stakes testing.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A632 Special Education Law: Principles and Practices 3 Credits
Provides an in-depth examination of the legal framework surrounding special education in the United States. Explores federal and state laws, regulations, and court decisions that govern the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities, their parents, and educational institutions. Covers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), landmark cases, due process, and dispute resolution mechanisms.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
EDSE A674 Family Partnerships in Early Childhood Special Education 3 Credits
A family systems approach to the intervention for young children with disabilities. Methods in using tools that promote family involvement in the intervention are emphasized.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing.
EDSE A686 Transition Services for Secondary Students with Disabilities 3 Credits
In-depth examination of issues related to transition programming for secondary students with disabilities within educational, personal/social and community-based settings. Content addresses transition planning processes, curricular implications, curriculum-based vocational assessment and community-based instruction.
Special Note: Course includes 15 hours of field experience.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing, admission to the School of Education, and department approval
EDSE A691 Children's Mental Health Systems of Care 3 Credits
Examines systems of care as a coordinated network of home, community, and school-based services and supports that are multidisciplinary and in partnership with children, youth and families. Addresses the cultural and linguistic needs of families in order to promote healthy development and meet the challenges of children and youth with mental and behavioral health needs.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing
Crosslisted With: PSY A691 and SWK A691
EDSE A692 Internship Seminar in Special Education Teaching 1 Credit
The seminar is an ongoing exchange during students' internship experience where interns are both participants and developers. Students share their own experiences and engage in and discuss what it means to participate in an ongoing process of professional development as teachers and learners in their classrooms and school communities.
Special Note: Must be enrolled in one of the following internships: EDSE A695E or EDSE A695S.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing, admission to the School of Education, and department approval
Prerequisites: EDSE A610 and EDSE A612 and EDSE A622 and EDSE A623 and EDSE A624 and EDSE A625.
EDSE A695E Advanced Internship in Special Education: Elementary 3-6 Credits
Supervised internship in elementary school settings with children with disabilities.
Special Note: Must apply by specified deadline--see advisor.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing and department approval
EDSE A695S Advanced Internship in Special Education: Secondary 3-6 Credits
Supervised internship in secondary school settings with children with disabilities.
Special Note: Must apply by specified deadline--see advisor.
Registration Restrictions: Graduate standing and department approval