Courses

• SED SE 515: Assessment in Special Education: Procedures
  Examines assessment practices, both alternative assessment and standardized test instruments; it will address non-literacy areas of assessment. It is expected that students will take a parallel reading assessment course. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SE 533: The Families of Children with Special Needs
  Introductory survey of family personal issues, communicative processes, and school/agency relationships. Topics include sibling relationships and extended family patterns a survey of parent counseling and training approaches, single parenting, and the adoption of handicapped children. Emphasizes transcultural concerns and psychoeducational case-studies. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 534: Classroom and Behavior Management
  Theoretical bases and implementation strategies of effective classroom and behavior management for students with and without disabilities in elementary school settings., The focus of the course will be on individual, classroom, and schoolwide approaches in schools today. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SE 580: Methods and Materials in Special Education: General
  Strategies, methods, materials, and curricula for students with special needs. Educational approaches emphasizing individual educational programs. 2cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 584: Methods and Materials: Moderate Disabilities, 5-12
  Methods and materials relevant to the instruction of secondary-level students with disabilities. Topics include: legislation and litigation, basic instructional modifications, transition and career education, instruction in specific content areas, state competency frameworks, and critical issues. 2cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 590: Learning and the Brain
  By conjoining the lectures offered in the "Learning and the Brain" conference with seminar class time, this course offers students an opportunity to explore various topics in brain research as well as consider these issues in the context of classroom activities
• SED SE 593: Practicum/Practicum Equivalent:Students with Moderate Disabilities, Pre-K-8
  Student-teaching experience with students in integrated classrooms or special classes. Seminar in classroom practices. Minimum 300 hours. 8cr, either sem.
• SED SE 594: Practicum/Practicum Equivalent: Students with Moderate Disabilities, 5-12
  Student-teaching experience with children in integrated classrooms or special classes. Seminar in classroom practices. Minimum 300 hours. 8cr, either sem.
• SED SE 595: Practicum/Practicum Equivalent: Student with Severe Disabilities, Pre-K-12
  Student-teaching experience in schools, day and residential settings. Seminar in classroom practices. Minimum 300 hours. 8cr, either sem.
• SED SE 598: Half Practicum: Students with Moderate Disabilities, Pre-K-8
  Student teaching experience open only to students doing "combined" elementary/moderate disabilities licensure programs. Having successfully completed a minimum of 300 hours in an inclusive elementary placement, students will complete an additional 150 hours in an inclusive general education setting focusing on students with moderate disabilities. 4cr, eitehr sem.
• SED SE 599: Apprenticeship: Students with Moderate Disabilities 5-12
  A field-based experience of at least one semester in the role and at he level of license sought, in a classroom with a supervising classroom teacher. 4cr, either sem.
• SED SE 613: Field Work in Special Education: Moderate Disabilities
  Designed to provide opportunities for observation and participation with students having moderate disabilities and enrolled in special education programs. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SE 615: Fieldwork in Special Education: Severe Disabilities
  Designed to provide opportunities for observation and participation with students having severe disabilities and enrolled in special education programs. 2cr, either sem.
• SED SE 650: Children at Risk
  Advances knowledge of theories, research, and practice about children and adolescents whose physical and psychological well being is at risk. Course literature will be drawn from research and theory on normal child and adolescent development, as well as from work on disorders in children and adolescents. Topics include: poverty, substance abuse, the institutionalization of children, adoption, mental illness, school dropouts, physical and emotional abuse, domestic violence, and children will special needs. 4cr, 2nd sem.
• SED SE 693: Practicum in Disabilities Studies
  Students are involved in practicum experiences in human services agencies serving individuals with disabilities. Concurrent seminars discuss the nature and processes of service provision, roles and responsibilities, and collaboration. Students work for a minimum of 150 hours in the agency for 4 credits and 300 hours for 8 credits.
• SED SE 700: Clinical Practice:Teacher of Students with Moderate Special Needs
  Required of students who wish to apply for standard certification as teachers of students with moderate disabilities. Integrates content area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Involves responsibilities beyond the individual classroom which may include opportunities such as grade-level teamwork, curriculum development, and assessment projects. Minimum 400 hours required. 4-8cr, either sem.
• SED SE 701: Clinical Practice:Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities
  Required of students who wish to apply for professional licensure as teachers of students with severe disabilities. Integrates content area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Involves responsibilities beyond the individual classroom which may include opportunities such as grade-level teamwork, curriculum development, and assessment projects. Minimum 400 hours required. 4cr, either sem.
• SED SE 702: Clinical Practice:Special Education Administration
  Required of students who wish to apply for licensure as an Administrator of Special Education. Integrates content-area knowledge and pedagogical theory and practice. Builds upon the practicum experience. A minimum of 400 hours is required. Instructor permission required.
• SED SE 706: Introduction to Special Education
  Improves students' understanding of individuals with disabilities; traces the development of their programs and services; and analyzes and critiques key assumptions, attitudes, and beliefs about special education practices. 4cr, 1st sem.
• SED SE 744: School Administration and Special Needs
  Ways in which school cultures deal with disabilities and deviance. School structures and administration of special education programs as they affect individuals with special needs. Analysis of effective and ineffective school administration and classroom management. 4cr, 2nd sem.

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