ED 716 - Special Education: Meeting Exceptional Educational Needs

Semester Hours: 3

This course is a study of developmental disorders and disabilities of children with exceptional educational needs including learning, emotional, and behavioral disabilities, and how these disabilities affect parents, families, students, and teachers. The objectives of this course are to assist teachers to (1) acquire information on definitions, characteristics, and causes of exceptionality; (2) develop knowledge and skills for educational diagnosis and assessment strategies for instructional planning and programming; and (3) relate educational and psychological methods and approaches in special education to the most effective educational practices at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels.

Pre-requisites: none.