SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
SPD 535 THE EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH. The course is designed to familiarize teachers and administrators with the characteristics, problems and educational needs of children who are exceptional.
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 Classroom management techniques for various disruptive, withdrawn, and deficient behaviors will be emphasized.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.
COURSES FOR ENDORSEMENT IN GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION:
SPD 573 EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILD. This course addresses theories and characteristics of gifted, talented, and creative students, while surveying the various types of programs and instructional arrangements for these students.
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 students 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.