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Special Education
  

  • SPED 5202 - Serving Preschoolers with Vision Impairments in Center Based Settings

    3-4 credits

    This course provides students with knowledge and skills in working with children with visual impairments in the preschool setting.
  

  • SPED 5203 - INSITE Basic Training

    0.5-3 credits

    This course consists of special colloquial offerings in communicative disorders and deaf education.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 5204 - SKI*HI Basic Training

    1-3 credits

    Training in implementation of the SKI*HI Model. Early home intervention for infants and young children who are deaf and hard of hearing, and their families.
  

  • SPED 5210 - Student Teaching in Special Education: Dual Majors (CI)

    CI Communications Intensive
    3-15 credits

    Undergraduate student teaching for dual majors.

    Pass/Fail only.
  

  • SPED 5220 - Special Education Student Teaching Seminar

    3 credits

    Weekly seminar taken concurrently with student teaching. Focuses on problems arising during student teaching and the development of a teaching portfolio.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to teacher education and completion of the SPED sequence

    Corequisite: SPED 5200  or SPED 5210 .
  

  • SPED 5230 - Special Education Student Teaching

    3-15 credits

    This course consists of student teaching for students in the Online Practical Teacher Training programs (OPTT).

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Special Education major and completion of emphasis coursework, field experiences, Praxis test, background check and Educator Ethics Review

    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5240 - Public School Internship (CI)

    CI Communications Intensive
    15 credits

    This course is a 30-week internship in the public schools in which students assume full-time teaching responsibilities under the direction of a university supervisor and district mentor. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to SPED or instructor permission

    Pass/Fail only
  

  • SPED 5300 - Orientation to Teaching Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    1-2 credits

    Provides preservice teachers with overview of information and resources, examples, and practice in applying effective instructional and behavior management strategies in their classrooms. Emphasizes knowledge/skills first day and first week of school.
  

  • SPED 5310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    2-4 credits

    This course covers curriculum, instructional methods, assessment, and data-based decision making related to teaching reading and language arts to students with mild/moderate disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5311 - MM K-12 Reading and Language Arts: Content and Applications

    6 credits

    This course covers curriculum, instructional methods, assessment, data-based decision making, and applications related to teaching reading and language arts to students with mild/moderate disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission
  

  • SPED 5312 - MM K-12 Math Content, Applications, and Co-Teaching

    7 credits

    This course covers instructional methods, assessment, data-based decision making, co-teaching, and applications to teach math skills and problem solving to students with mild/moderate disabilities. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • SPED 5311  with a grade of B- or higher
    • Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5320 - Teaching Content Areas and Transition to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    3 credits

    Students learn to teach content area material, learning strategies, and transition-related skills to students with mild/moderate disabilities. The course also includes assessment and decision-making strategies related to these curricular areas.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    All prerequisite courses require a grade of B- or higher: 

    SPED 5010 , SPED 5070 , SPED 5310 , SPED 5340  and SPED 5410 , or instructor permission

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Spring 2021.
  

  • SPED 5325 - Teaching Math and Content Area to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    3 credits

    Students learn explicit instructional strategies in math, written language, and content areas, ensuring that students with disabilities have access to core curriculum standards.  Students also develop a practical understanding of the relationship between assessment, instruction, accommodations, and progress monitoring of students. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: SPED 5310  
  

  • SPED 5330 - Eligibility Assessment for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    1 credit

    This course covers topics of choosing and administering eligibility assessment tests for students who may have mild/moderate disabilities. It includes interpretation of test results and application of these results to decisions regarding students’ eligibility for special education services.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5340 - Teaching Math to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course covers procedures for teaching mathematics to students with mild/moderate disabilities, so that each progresses as fast as his or her capabilities allow.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5350 - Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Educators I: Alternative Preparation

    3 credits

    This course provides students with information and skills in the area of classroom and individual behavior management procedures. It emphasizes research-validated strategies that students will apply to everyday instructional situations.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Alternative Teacher Preparation Licensure program
  

  • SPED 5360 - Applied Behavior Analysis for Special Educators II: Alternative Preparation

    3 credits

    This course provides students with instructional and management skills. Through case studies and classroom simulations, students learn research-validated instructional and management skills.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Alternative Preparation Licensure program
  

  • SPED 5370 - Technology Considerations for Students with M/M Disabilities

    2 credits

    Assistive technology is a special factor to be considered by IEP teams for students with disabilities. Understanding the function and use of technology is critical in selecting and implementing AT systems. Students’ needs for AT are as diverse as students themselves.
  

  • SPED 5400 - Orientation to Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities

    2 credits

    Provides preservice teachers with overview of information, resources, examples, and practices in applying effective instructional and behavior management strategies to students with severe disabilities.
  

  • SPED 5410 - Practicum: Direct Instruction Reading and Language Arts for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    3 credits

    Students learn to use Direct Instruction techniques, positive management, curriculum-based assessment, and data-based decision-making to teach reading and language arts to children with mild/moderate disabilities. Students are placed in a classroom where they teach a group of children daily.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

     

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5420 - Practicum: Teaching Mathematics to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

    4 credits

    This course covers the use of effective instructional techniques, positive management, curriculum-based assessment, and data-based decision making to teach mathematics content to children with mild/moderate disabilities. Students are placed in a classroom where they teach one or more group(s) of children daily.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5430 - Field-Based Applications for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities I

    2 credits

    Designed to help students acquire and consistently demonstrate effective teaching practices to aid students with mild/moderate disabilities. Teaches students to analyze and solve instructional and management problems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Alternative Teacher Preparation Licensure Program

    Pass/Fail only.
  

  • SPED 5440 - Field-Based Applications for Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities II

    2 credits

    The purpose of this course is to help teachers acquire more advanced effective teaching practices. Students will continue to learn how to analyze and solve instructional and management problems by learning more in depth procedures and implementing and evaluating interventions.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  
  

  • SPED 5510 - Curriculum for Students with Severe Disabilities

    2-4 credits

    This course provides information about commercially available curricular materials, as well as how to plan for and design functional academic curricula for persons with severe disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5511 - Reading/LA, Math, and Science for Students with Severe Disabilities: Content and Applications

    6 credits

    This course provides information about commercially available curricular materials, as well as how to plan, design, and implement functional academic curricula for persons with severe disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission
  

  • SPED 5512 - Curriculum for Students with Severe Disabilities: Life Skills: Content and Application

    6 credits

    This course provides information on developing and implementing community, domestic, leisure, and transition instructional programs for students with severe disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • SPED 5511  with a grade of B- or higher
    • Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5520 - Curriculum for Secondary-Level Students with Severe Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course provides information on developing and implementing secondary-level classroom, community, domestic, leisure, and transition instructional programs.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5530 - Technology for Teaching Exceptional Learners

    3 credits

    This course familiarizes students with existing technology (IT and AT), federal and state technology legislation, and resources to fund technology in the classroom. It teaches methods for evaluating technology needs of individuals with disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • SPED 5010  with a grade of B- or higher
    • SPED 5070  with a grade of B- or higher
    • Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission


    Campus: Taught on campus during spring semester only. Occasionally offered off campus during fall semester.



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5540 - Assessment of Persons with Severe Disabilities

    2 credits

    This course provides students with knowledge and skills necessary for conducting assessment activities with pupils having severe disabilities. It covers norm-referenced/standardized, criterion-referenced, and alternative assessment instruments. Students complete assignments in administering, interpreting, and communicating results of each type of assessment.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5560 - Improving School System Programs

    1-4 credits

    Students participate in a practicum or seminar providing information and/or experience in public school instruction.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Cross-listed as: CESP 5560  

    Repeatable
  

  • SPED 5570 - Instructional Skills and Behavior Management Lab I

    2 credits

    This course provides practice opportunities for teachers-in-training to teach and receive feedback on effective instructional skills and behavior management strategies for students with mild/moderate disabilities.

    Repeatable
  

  • SPED 5580 - Instructional Skills and Behavior Management Lab II

    1 credit

    This course provides practice opportunities for teachers-in-training to teach and receive feedback on effective instructional skills and behavior management strategies for students with mild/moderate disabilities.  This is the second class in a two-course sequence.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: SPED 5570  

    Repeatable
  

  • SPED 5600 - Practicum: Instruction in Academic Skills

    3 credits

    This field-based course provides experience in observing and teaching functional academic curricula to students with severe disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5610 - Practicum: Instruction in Daily Living Skills

    4 credits

    This course provides opportunities to assess students’ needs and to design programs for community, domestic, leisure, and transitional skills.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5620 - Practicum: Introduction to Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities

    2 credits

    This practicum provides on-the-job training experience in working with students with severe disabilities. It will provide the ATP teacher with exposure to requirements for running a classroom. Students will become familiar with IEP, setting up a classroom, scheduling activities, and data collection.
  

  • SPED 5630 - Field-Based Applications for Students with Severe Disabilities

    2 credits

    Designed to help students acquire and consistently demonstrate effective teaching practices to aid students with severe disabilities. Teaches students to analyze and solve instructional and management problems.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Severe Alternative Teacher Preparation Program
  

  • SPED 5640 - Advanced Field-Based Applications for Students with Severe Disabilities

    2 credits

    Designed to help students become competent in various effective teaching practices with students who have severe disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to Severe Alternative Teacher Preparation Program and completion of SPED 5630 
  

  • SPED 5700 - Orientation to Teaching Young Children with Disabilities

    2 credits

    Provides an overview of recommended practices related to effective instruction and behavior management strategies for preschool-age children with disabilities. While emphasizing basic teaching skills and knowledge, prepares beginning early childhood special education teachers for the first days and weeks in their classrooms.

    Pass/Fail only
  

  • SPED 5710 - Young Children with Disabilities: Characteristics and Services

    3 credits

    This course provides theoretical and historical information about early childhood development, the impact of disabilities on early childhood development, and evidence-based practices for supporting families and young children with disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5711 - Introduction to Instruction for Preschoolers with Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course provides information on instructional strategies, curricula, progress monitoring of children’s IEP goals, service environments, and staffing roles for preschool special education teachers. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission to the special education major or instructor permission
  

  • SPED 5712 - Advanced Instructional Strategies for Preschoolers with Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course expands student knowledge of instructional strategies, curricula, and progress monitoring. It addresses strategies for developing early literacy and numeracy skills, strategies for working with children with autism, the historical development of preschool services, and the array of early childhood environments.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • SPED 5711  with a grade of B- or higher
    • Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5713 - Early Intervention: Services for Infants and Families

    3 credits

    This course covers awareness of how the presence of a child with a disability affects family functioning. It reviews practices in services to infants and toddlers and their families, infant development, and medical, health, and safety issues. Students participate with families and early interventionists in homes. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction:
    • SPED 5712  with a grade of B- or higher
    • Admission to the Special Education major or instructor permission


    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5714 - Early Childhood Development: Implications for Intervention

    3 credits

    This course addresses how to use knowledge of typical early childhood development to inform instruction and program development for preschool children, with emphasis in communication and social/ emotional development. 

    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Fall 2021.
  

  • SPED 5720 - Assessment for Eligibility, Programming and IEP Development

    3 credits

    Covers principles of standardized assessment, curriculum-based assessment, and direct child observation. Instructs teachers in how to use assessment results to determine student eligibility for special education services and IEP development.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Cross-listed as: PSY 5720 .
  

  • SPED 5730 - Intervention Strategies for Young Children with Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course provides information on curricula, instructional strategies, service environments, and staffing roles for teachers of young children (0-5) with disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5740 - Effective Instruction I

    2 credits

    Provides information on curricula, instructional strategies, progress monitoring of children’s IEP goals, service environments, and staffing roles for preschool special education teachers.
  

  • SPED 5750 - Language and Communication in Diverse Learners

    3 credits

    Instructs teachers in how to adapt classroom activities and instruction to include and target children with various communication disabilities. Addresses the use of augmentative communication and various curricula to teach emergent literacy skills.
  

  • SPED 5760 - Effective Instruction II

    2 credits

    Expands on the knowledge of curricula, instructional strategies, and progress monitoring of children’s IEP goals covered in SPED 5740 . Addresses young children’s challenging behaviors, as well as the use of functional behavioral assessment and applied behavior analysis principles.
  

  • SPED 5770 - Early Childhood Development and its Relationship to Teaching Young Children with Disabilities

    2 credits

    Addresses how to use knowledge of typical early childhood development to inform instruction and program development for preschool-age children with disabilities.
  

  • SPED 5780 - Foundations in Special Education and Legal Issues

    3 credits

    Provides information about disabilities, the historical development of special education services, service-delivery environments, family involvement, teaming, and legal issues concerning the provision of special education services to young children with disabilities.
  

  • SPED 5790 - Special Topics

    1-4 credits

    This course consists of additional readings or research done beyond the material covered in other courses.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 5810 - Seminar and Field Experiences with Infants and Families

    4 credits

    This course prepares individuals for early intervention service coordination, family coaching, and implementation of developmental supports in natural settings for young children with disabilities. Students participate, both in the home and early intervention settings, with families having infants with disabilities.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5820 - Preschool Practicum with Young Children with Disabilities in Community Environments

    4 credits

    Students participate in a variety of environments serving preschoolers with disabilities, assist in developing a family service plan, and teach other staff to implement techniques.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    Repeatable for credit.
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5830 - Seminar Working with Peers on Multidisciplinary Teams

    1 credit

    Seminar for discussion of topics pertaining to how teams work with children, with and without disabilities, in a practicum. Students are assigned to a team for planning and problem solving throughout the semester.
  

  • SPED 5840 - Practicum: Working with Young Children with Autism

    1 credit

    This course provides majors with an opportunity to practice ABA strategies with young children with autism.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    Repeatable for credit.
    Pass/Fail only.
    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5850 - Field Based Applications of Effective Instruction I

    1 credit

    Provides opportunities for teachers to apply in their classrooms the instructional principles learned in SPED 5740 .
  

  • SPED 5860 - Field Based Applications of Effective Instruction II

    1 credit

    Provides opportunities for teachers to apply in their classrooms the instructional principles learned in SPED 5760 .
  

  • SPED 5870 - Field Based Applications of Effective Instruction III

    1 credit

    Designed to help teachers prepare for student teaching. Identifies teaching skills in need of assistance, then develops action plans. Reviews classroom teaching and portfolio requirements.

    Pass/Fail only.
  

  • SPED 5880 - Assessment for Early Childhood Special Education

    2 credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide students with an overview of assessment in early childhood special education. Students learn about the purposes of assessment, administer multiple evaluations, and report on assessment results both orally and in writing.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  



    This listing includes updates which are effective beginning Summer 2021.
  

  • SPED 5900 - Independent Study

    1-3 credits

    This course allows undergraduate students to pursue personal research interests by formalizing an independent project under the guidance of a professor or faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission required

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 5910 - Independent Research

    1-3 credits

    This course allows undergraduate students to pursue personal research interests by formalizing an independent project under the guidance of a professor or faculty mentor.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission required

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 5920 - Internship in Early Intervention

    1-3 credits

    This course is an internship with an early intervention agency. Students schedule observations, work on their individualized coaching plan, and complete other shadowing and demonstration activities necessary for obtaining a BWEIP credential. 

    Prerequisite/Restriction:

    Repeatable
    Pass/Fail only
  

  • SPED 6030 - Clinical Practicum: Student Teaching

    2-12 credits

    Supervised practicum in a clinical teaching setting.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: Instructor permission

    Pass/Fail only.
  

  • SPED 6060 - Legal Issues in Special Education

    3 credits

    Provides knowledge of a wide range of legal issues concerning the provision of special education services to students with disabilities.
  

  • SPED 6100 - Introduction to Blindness and Visual Impairment

    3 credits

    This course explores the learning characteristics and needs of children and youth (preschool through high school) who are blind or visually impaired, as well as educational settings they are in and professionals who serve them.
  

  • SPED 6101 - The Human Eye and Visual System

    3 credits

    This course covers the structure and function of the human eye and visual system. It addresses the most common eye conditions causing visual impairment in children and youth, along with their implications and treatment. Students explore the role of eye care specialists.
  

  • SPED 6102 - Introduction to Low Vision

    3 credits

    This introduction to the needs of students having low vision includes methods of adapting materials, activities, and environment to better meet learning needs of these students. Students train in the use of low-vision aids and explore the role of professionals and their services.
  

  • SPED 6103 - The Role of Paraeducators with Individuals Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

    3 credits

    This course addresses the roles and responsibilities of paraeducators who work in educational settings with children and youth who are blind or visually impaired. It covers the role of the educational team, as well as how the paraeducator functions as part of that team.
  

  • SPED 6104 - Introduction to Multiple Disabilities

    3 credits

    This course presents introductory information about various disabilities, including those associated with sensory losses. It covers neurological issues related to brain development and learning, and addresses communication issues and strategies for working with individuals having multiple disabilities and sensory loss.
  

  • SPED 6105 - Introduction to Braille

    3 credits

    This is an introduction to braille literacy, as well as braille codes, software, and technology used to produce braille. It teaches students how to read and write uncontracted braille using a slate and stylus and a braille writer (actual or simulated).
  

  • SPED 6106 - Introduction to Deaf-blindness

    3-5 credits

    This course covers combined vision and hearing loss, as well as its impact on learning, communication, and overall development. It also explores neurological issues and other senses.

    Cross-listed as: SPED 4106  
  

  • SPED 6107 - Children with Combined Vision, Hearing Loss, and Multiple Disabilities

    3-5 credits

    This course is designed to teach students how to implement appropriate intervention strategies for infants and young children (ages 0-3) related to communication, cognition, touch, play, self-care, orientation to the environment, etc., and how to help the family learn to communicate with their child.

    Cross-listed as: SPED 4107  
  

  • SPED 6109 - Additional Issues in Deafblindness

    4 credits

    This course covers additional topics related to deafblindness including transition, health, mobility, and assessment. Graduate level credit requires an extra project.

    Cross-listed as: SPED 4109  
  

  • SPED 6160 - Career Development, Analysis and Placement

    3 credits

    This course emphasizes the need to develop individualized supports that promote integrated competitive employment for all individuals with disabilities. The course introduces career development theory and teaches students to embed specific theories into practice to promote integrated employment outcomes.

    Cross-listed as: REH 6160  
  

  • SPED 6201 - Blind/Visually Impaired Seminar: VIISA Trainers Training

    0.5-3 credits

    This course consists of special colloquial offerings in communicative disorders and deaf education.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6203 - Multiple Disabilities Seminar: ISITE Trainers Training

    0.5-3 credits

    This course consists of special colloquial offerings in communicative disorders and deaf education.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6204 - Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Seminar: SKI*HI Trainers Training

    0.5-3 credits

    This course consists of special colloquial offerings in deaf education.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6300 - Effective Practices with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

    3 credits

    Students will learn evidence-based evaluation and intervention practices with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. Bilingual development, working with CLD families and the impact of culture on development will also be covered.
  

  • SPED 6320 - Seminars in Learning Characteristics of Students with Dual Sensory Impairments

    2 credits

    Investigates characteristics of dual sensory impairment, learning styles, and environmental demands. Awareness of eye and ear anatomy. Interpretation of formal assessments. Development of instructional strategies.
  

  • SPED 6410 - Field Studies I: Analysis of Service for Students with Dual Sensory Impairments

    2 credits

    First of three field experiences for students in the DSI program. Emphasizes team-based review and analysis of services.
  

  • SPED 6420 - Field Studies II: Analysis of Service for Students with Dual Sensory Impairments

    2 credits

    Practicum in integrated programs for students with dual sensory impairments within the context of the model classroom. Emphasizes transdisciplinary methods for assessment, instructional design, and planning skills.
  

  • SPED 6430 - Field Studies III: Analysis of Service for Students with Dual Sensory Impairments

    2 credits

    Advanced practicum in integrated programs for students with dual sensory impairments. Emphasizes an overall management of instructional environment and services.
  

  • SPED 6500 - Interdisciplinary Workshop

    1-3 credits

    Series of self-instructional modules and videos and a variety of elective training. Module topics include developmental disabilities, legal aspects and issues, assessment, intervention, assistive technology, transition, and prevention/intervention for aggression and violence.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6510 - Transition to Supported/Competitive Employment

    2 credits

    This course provides students with knowledge to understand and analyze evidence-based transition to employment for individuals with disabilities.

    Corequisite:   or  

    Cross-listed as:  
  

  • SPED 6520 - Transition Practicum I: Services Leading to Supported/Competitive Employment

    2 credits

    This practicum (i.e., field based applied course) provides students with competencies necessary to carry out evidence based transition services leading to employment of individuals with disabilities.

    Corequisite:   or  

    Cross-listed as:  
  

  • SPED 6530 - Transition to Post-Secondary Education

    2 credits

    This course provides students with knowledge to understand and analyze evidence based transition to post-secondary education for individuals with disabilities.

    Corequisite:   or  

    Cross-listed as:  
  

  • SPED 6540 - Transition Practicum II: Services Leading to Post-Secondary Education

    2 credits

    This practicum (i.e., field based applied course) provides students with competencies necessary to carry out evidence based transition services leading to post-secondary education of individuals with disabilities.

    Corequisite:   or  

    Cross-listed as:  
  

  • SPED 6550 - Practicum in the Evaluation of Instruction

    1-4 credits

    Field-based research course contributing toward graduate degrees and supervisory licensure related to the assessment of an ongoing or newly proposed program of instruction.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6560 - Improvement of Instruction

    1-4 credits

    Focuses on effective teaching methodologies, teaching performance, and curriculum decision making.

    Repeatable for credit.
  

  • SPED 6580 - Legal Foundations in Transition and Vocational Rehabilitation

    3 credits

    Successful post-school transition outcomes increase when there is a coordinated system of transition service delivery across disciplines.  This course provides a detailed review of legislation and policy directly related to transition, providing the working knowledge needed by transitional professionals.

    Cross-listed as: REH 6580  
  

  • SPED 6700 - Introduction to Behavioral Research in Education

    3 credits

    Provides an introduction to behavioral research in education, with a special focus on measurement, observation, and ethics. Discussion of basic single-subject experimental designs. Exploration of how to select appropriate measures and experimental designs.

    Repeatable for credit
  

  • SPED 6710 - Concepts and Principles of Behavior Analysis in Education

    3 credits

    This course expands students’ understanding of the theoretical and conceptual framework and experimental research of behavior analysis. It reviews philosophical underpinnings and experimental research in behavior analysis.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

     
  

  • SPED 6720 - Educational Applications of Behavior Analysis I

    3 credits

    Expands students’ understanding of behavior analysis, as well as their ability to apply behavior analysis to practical situations.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:   
  

  • SPED 6730 - Educational Applications of Behavior Analysis II

    3 credits

    Provides advanced instruction in educational applications of behavior analysis, including assessment and treatment of problem behavior and learning strategies.

    Prerequisite/Restriction: SPED 6720 
  

  • SPED 6740 - Development & Proposal of Individual Student Master’s Project

    3 credits

    This course helps students develop competency in analyzing single-subject research and produce a written proposal describing research to be carried out in a master’s thesis or project.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:   
  

  • SPED 6750 - Supervised Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis

    1-3 credits

    Through this supervised practicum, students accrue supervised hours in applied behavior analysis.

    Prerequisite/Restriction:  

    Repeatable for credit.


    Pass/Fail only.
  

  • SPED 6760 - Supervised Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis: Seminar

    2 credits

    This seminar is associated with the practicum in which students receive clinical supervision in applied behavior analysis and should be take in association with SPED 6750 .
  

  • SPED 6770 - Coaching and Systems Change

    3 credits

    This course will give students the skills to facilitate effective academic and behavior support across each tier of need in the school. Students will ascertain strategies in the assessment and intervention of schools, learn to create effective teaming and meeting structures to better support all students, and methods to provide support for individual teachers in their classrooms through evidence-based coaching and walkthrough practices.
  

  • SPED 6780 - Ethics & Professional Behavior in Behavior Analysis

    3 credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide students with instruction and practice in the areas of ethics and professional behavior in the field of behavior analysis.
  

  • SPED 6790 - Special Topics

    1-4 credits

    This is an in-depth study of targeted topics related to special education and/or rehabilitation counseling.

    Cross-listed as: REH 6790  

    Repeatable for credit
 

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