A study of the nature, etiology, and remediation of communicative disorders in children and adults, including an overview of the field of speech language pathology. Second semester, three hours. Identical to Sp 503. First semester, three hours. An introductory study of the characteristics, etiology, prevalence, and educational needs of children with emotional or behavior disorders.
Special emphasis is given to definition and identification procedures.
An additional focus on recent research and critical issues and trends in the field of emotional disturbance will be provided. Second semester, three hours. An introductory study of the characteristics, causes, prevalence, and educational needs of learning disabled students. Particular emphasis is given to various definitions of learning disabilities, delineation of specific learning disabilities, and appropriate procedures for the identification and classification of students. First semester, three hours.