The student will demonstrate the ability to identify the educationally significant characteristics and contemporary remedial strategies for children who are hearing impaired, who have neuromotor dysfunction, and who have cranio-facial anomalies, to discuss the prevalence of communication disorders throughout exceptional child populations, and to discuss the impact of communication disorders on families and individuals throughout the life span. This examination is based on class notes, chapters in the book, and the coursepak. Several articles and more than a dozen handouts and worksheets are assigned in the student coursepak which is compiled by the instructor and sold at a local copy center. These materials provide an additional base for class discussion in which students are expected to participate. Students are expected to attend class and to participate.
Students sign a roll at each class meeting.
Students sign next to a photocopied specimen of their signatures so that there is little temptation to sign in for a friend. Signing in for an absent friend will result in an investigation by the Student Attorney General's Office. Students are urged to use their cut wisely, and by all means talk with the instructor in case of illness or an emergency. Students are particularly encouraged to recalculate their grades an to discuss grades and the grading system during the instructor's office hours.