SPED 647 - Strategies for Teaching Secondary Students with Learning or Behavioral Disabilities

3 Credit(s)

Discusses selection, development and implementation of appropriate teaching strategies including those related, though not limited to English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies for use with secondary students with mild/moderate disabilities. This course also incorporates: developmental, remedial and compensatory strategies for use in instruction and management, modifications to materials, teaching approaches, and the physical environment, and the use of on-going evaluation procedures for monitoring student progress; the development of competencies in the formulation of Individualized Education Programs; discussion of life skills curricula and vocational education, as well as transition from school to community. A multidisciplinary approach to education will be stressed.

Prerequisite(s): SPED 601 and SPED 609 and SPED 637 and SPED 640 and SPED 650. Advanced Certificate: SPED 601 and SPED 650.
Corequisite(s): SPED 649. Advanced Certificate: SPED 640.