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Eds 702: The Young Child With Special Needs, Lingyu Li Apr 2024

Eds 702: The Young Child With Special Needs, Lingyu Li

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This introductory course addresses the concept of disability and the field of special education. It will also consider the social, cultural, and economic context surrounding the education of young children (birth to 8 years) with a wide range of developmental delays and disability conditions. Pertinent legislation, intervention with families, developing Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs), Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and issues of advocacy will be studied within the context of the continuum of service delivery (home-based, center-based, and school-based interventions). (15 fieldwork hours required.)


Ecpse 711: Advanced Seminar In Childhood Special Education, Suna Kim Jun 2023

Ecpse 711: Advanced Seminar In Childhood Special Education, Suna Kim

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In this course, candidates learn teaching and learning strategies within the context of the general education curriculum to individualize instruction and maximize grade-level content mastery for all learners. Candidates adapt and teach a curriculum unit grounded in the New York State Learning Standards designed to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities or struggling by modifying instruction, employing metacognitive, task-specific learning strategies, and utilizing instructional technology.


Developing Inclusive Partnerships Between Home And School, Kristen Dumoulin Jan 2023

Developing Inclusive Partnerships Between Home And School, Kristen Dumoulin

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Without question, families are the cornerstone of educational planning. They are the people who know and love their child the most, and over time they will be the most consistent member of the educational team.


Understanding Functional Assessments, Ife Damon Jan 2022

Understanding Functional Assessments, Ife Damon

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As special education teachers, having students with behavior challenges is highly likely. Functional assessments are used to support individuals with their challenging behaviors. Therefore, it is important for teachers to understand what functional assessments are, when to use them, and how to use them. This OER is adapted from Chapter 2, The Methodology of Functional Assessment, of the book, Instruction in Functional Assessment by Desrochers and Fallon (2014). Chapter 2 answers the following questions:

  • What is functional assessment?

  • What are the three main functional assessment approaches and how are they used?

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach? …


Course Outline And Weekly Plans For Eds 718 Culminating Master’S Project, Lisa Cavallero Jan 2022

Course Outline And Weekly Plans For Eds 718 Culminating Master’S Project, Lisa Cavallero

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Topics covered in this course include: getting to know your students, edTPA, baseline data, student profiles, differentiation, academic language, writing measurable goals and objectives, lesson planning, flexible grouping, choices, tiered assignments, IEPs, classroom environment, online tools for differentiation, and grading

This course outline includes:

  • all assignments for the course (link to assignments packet).
  • links to lecture slides
  • instructor notes
  • additional resources

Note: users will be prompted to make their own copy of documents when clicking on links to Google Docs and Google Slides.


Course Outline And Weekly Plans For Eds 741 Psychoeducational Evaluation Of Children With Learning Problems, Lisa Cavallero Jan 2022

Course Outline And Weekly Plans For Eds 741 Psychoeducational Evaluation Of Children With Learning Problems, Lisa Cavallero

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Topics covered in this course include: psychoeducational evaluations, IEPs, standardized tests, fair assessments, measures of intelligence, disproportionality of linguistically and culturally non-dominant backgrounds in special education, assessment of adaptive behavior, learning disabilities, attention, and social and emotional behavior, functional behavior assessment, assessment of multilingual learners, math and literacy assessments, response to intervention.

This course outline includes:

  • all assignments for the course (link to assignments packet).
  • links to lecture slides
  • instructor notes
  • additional resources

Note: users will be prompted to make their own copy of documents when clicking on links to Google Docs and Google Slides.


Teacher's Guide To Using Literature To Promote Inclusion Of People With Disabilities, Bruce Menchetti May 2021

Teacher's Guide To Using Literature To Promote Inclusion Of People With Disabilities, Bruce Menchetti

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The Teacher’s Guide to Using Literature to Promote Inclusion of People with Disabilities has been designed to assist teachers who wish to use literature to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. The Guide consists of two parts. Part 1 is a rubric for evaluating how short stories, books, poems, TV programs, movies, digital media, and other forms of literature portray characters with disabilities. Part 2 of the Teacher’s Guide to Using Literature to Promote Inclusion of People with Disabilities is a curriculum guide with learning objectives, lesson activities, and strategies for outcome evaluation. The curriculum …


Eds 705-710 Early Childhood-Childhood Practicum Syllabus, Harriet R. Fayne Oct 2020

Eds 705-710 Early Childhood-Childhood Practicum Syllabus, Harriet R. Fayne

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EDS 705: Focusing on the selection, adaptation, design, modification, and evaluation of curriculum and instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse young children with special needs. The development of appropriate IFSP and IEP goals, instructional objectives, and lesson plans in relation to the child's levels of functioning and cultural and linguistic background. Also addressing the selection of instructional materials and technologies; individualization and group service delivery; collaborative teaching; training of parents as reinforcers of acquired skills; adaptive and social skill acquisition; and the evaluation of students and programs. Course requires submission of a videotaped lesson for evaluation.

EDS 710: Selection, adaptation, …


Ecpse710:Curriculum And Instruction For Childhood Special Education, Suna Kim Jun 2020

Ecpse710:Curriculum And Instruction For Childhood Special Education, Suna Kim

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The overall objective of this course is to provide program candidates with strategies, tools, and techniques to design and implement meaningful educational experiences and opportunities for children with or at-risk for learning disabilities. The focus is on assuring and promoting access and participation in the general education curriculum and inclusive educational settings. Candidates within this course will be provided with experiences related to curriculum design, assessment, and instruction, as well as multiple opportunities to develop, modify, and evaluate curriculum; design informal assessments; and plan and teach direct instruction lessons.


Ecpse 729: Ethics And Professionalism In Aba Syllabus, Lenwood Gibson Jun 2020

Ecpse 729: Ethics And Professionalism In Aba Syllabus, Lenwood Gibson

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No abstract provided.


Ecpse 714 Language & Literacy:Principles & Practices In Adolescent Special Education, Mary Theresa Kiely Jan 2020

Ecpse 714 Language & Literacy:Principles & Practices In Adolescent Special Education, Mary Theresa Kiely

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Course Description: Students in this course examine developmental and pedagogical principles of language and literacy development and explore best-practices in curriculum and instruction for promoting language and literacy skill acquisition for a diverse population of students. Techniques and strategies are presented for addressing the diverse language and literacy needs of students with disabilities, English Language Learners, and students at risk for school failure at thesecondary level. Candidates will also examine reading and writing levels, formative evaluation strategies, motivational influences, uses of relevant technology and individual and group strategies for supporting language and literacy skill development.Fieldwork is required in the course …


Introduction To Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kristen Dumoulin Jan 2020

Introduction To Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kristen Dumoulin

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This presentation provides an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with a focus on definitions, statistics, diagnosis, causes and characteristics.


Eds 743 Behavioral Assessment, Management, And Change, Danielle Magaldi Apr 2018

Eds 743 Behavioral Assessment, Management, And Change, Danielle Magaldi

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The study of theories and techniques for managing the behavior of students with disabilities and for promoting development of positive social interaction skills. Specific applications of a variety of techniques for behavior management across home, school, and community settings with an emphasis on collaboration.