They will learn how to fully include these students in the regular classroom. They will learn behavior management skills that are effective with both regular and special education students. This course is designed to enhance the student's ability to develop a conceptual framework of assessment procedures to improve their teaching techniques for the wide variety of learning styles found in classrooms today. Relevant legislation that has an impact on assessment practices will be discussed as it has led to philosophical movements and litigation. This course meets the Massachusetts Department of Education's basic requirements for Standard IV for special needs certification.
Language acquisition is one of the most important domains within the sciences of the mind.
Students will develop a thorough understanding of language acquisition conceptually, philosophically and scientifically. As there is no single process of language acquisition, students will be exposed to different acquisitions of word meaning, syntactic structure, morphological rules, etc. and explain the relationship between them. Students will understand the relationship between language acquisition and the learning process and why certain learning disabilities occur when language acquisition is deficient, how to recognize such deficiencies and what alternatives are available to remedy such deficiencies particularly as they relate to exceptional students. This course examines current research and theoretical models that focus on the psycho-social, intellectual, and physical development of children. Emphasis is on understanding children s needs and how to communicate with them, observing, eliciting, and interpreting their behavior.