This course will be offered at our Wexford site. This course is designed to enable the students to demonstrate proficiency in the selection and application of remedial procedures and materials with children evidencing mild learning problems in cognition, perceptual-motor, language and retention. This course provides students with an overview of the history of special education and an analysis of the major laws that have revolutionized special education. Each category of disabilities is analyzed and recent educational practice for each area is discussed. Methods, materials, personnel, and techniques are critically analyzed.
Students develop curricular solutions to professional and situational needs.
This course addresses symptoms and behavior patterns which signal disturbances in the psychological functioning of the individual. It will also deal with the meaning of this behavior in a school setting, at home, and with peers. This course is designed to enable the students to demonstrate proficiency in the selection and application of remedial procedures and materials with children evidencing mild learning problems in cognition, perceptual-motor, language and retention.