SPD 537 ASSESSMENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. An overview of formal and
informal assessment for special education
and remedial teachers including basic concepts of measurement; assessment of academic
achievement; screening tools;
diagnostic testing in reading, math, and language; individual and group intelligence tests;
assessment of perceptual-motor
skills, sensory acuity, and adaptive behavior.
SPD 538 SPECIAL METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR THE MENTALLY
RETARDED. Study is made of the curriculum,
methods, and materials suited to teaching exceptional children. Topics considered include
perception, language, cognition,
and motor development. Prerequisite: SPD 535.
SPD 562 ADVANCED STUDY OF MENTAL RETARDATION. A study is made of
the nature, causes, and treatment of
children with learning problems, mental retardation, and/or other cognitive deficits.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and
departmental approval.
SPD 567 SEMINAR IN LEARNING DISABILITIES. Study is made of research
findings in learning disabilities, theories and
systems.
SPD 568 TEACHING METHODS FOR THE DISABLED LEARNER. Course content
centers upon a rationale for
instruction of learning disabled students, an examination of a variety of methods, materials, and
instructional strategies in
learning disabilities.
SPD 587 WORKSHOP IN EDUCATION. The topic(s) included will vary with
academic program and semester offered.
SPD 631 A STUDY OF BEHAVIOR DISORDERS IN CHILDREN. This course will
focus on theories, characteristics, and
treatment of mild, moderate, and severe behavioral disorders in children. Issues involving
definition, classification and
remediation of such disorders as aggression, autism, depression, and delinquency will be
covered.
SPD 637 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN
SPECIAL EDUCATION. Practical techniques
for managing student behavior and for facilitating parent involvement in the education of
exceptional students will be
presented. Classroom management techniques for various disruptive, withdrawn, and deficient
behaviors will be emphasized.
Prerequisite: SPD 535.
SPD 677 APPRAISAL OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. This course
provides supervised instruction and practice
in the administration, scoring, reporting of results, and interpretation of appropriate individual
tests for young children and
the mentally retarded. Adaptive behavior scales are included. Prerequisites: CNE 595 and SPD
678.
SPD 678 SEMINAR IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. This course provides an opportunity
to examine and to become trained
to administer tests currently being used to identify children for special education. It is
specifically designed for students to
become educational diagnosticians. Prerequisites: SPD 677 and CNE 595.
SPD 679 PRACTICUM FOR EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIANS. This course
provides a field-based practicum under
the direction of a certified educational diagnostician. It is designed to provide intensive study in
the role of the educational
diagnostician. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
IN GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION
SPD 632 RESEARCH AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GIFTED AND
TALENTED. The field of gifted and
talented education will be examined through a variety of research topics and issues which are of
current interest.
Administrative aspects of planning, developing and evaluating gifted programs will also be
emphasized. Prerequisite: SPD
573.
SPD 633 ELEMENTARY METHODS FOR TEACHING THE GIFTED AND
TALENTED. The process of planning and
implementing instruction for the gifted and talented will be the focus. Emphasis will be placed
on meeting the diverse needs
of elementary students across a variety of domains including the academic, creative and
affective. Prerequisite: SPD 573.
SPD 634 SECONDARY METHODS FOR TEACHING THE GIFTED AND
TALENTED. This course will introduce teachers
to models for identifying gifted in their classes; for planning interactive curriculum and
processes in the cognitive, affective,
academic and psychomotor domains; for motivating students through state of the art technology
to high level thinking,
problem solving, research and production. Prerequisite: SPD 573.
SPD 661 PRACTICUM: GIFTED EDUCATION. This course provides a field-based
practicum experience for teachers
working with students who are gifted and/or talented. Prerequisites: SPD 573, 632, 633, 634.
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