ISE COURSE
TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Offered Spring
2010
DSP 216: Curriculum and Instruction in Intensive Special Education Ginny Iverson, Instructor
This course will benefit general and special education teachers, related services providers, interventionists, para educators and others who participate in designing and providing instruction for students, preschool through high school, who have moderate to severe disabilities, including autism. Participants will design, implement and evaluate specialized instruction for students with complex learning profiles. Students will also conduct an in-depth functional assessment, design effective specialized instructional strategies, and implement specialized instruction within a functional, relevant, meaningful and age appropriate framework. Course assignments are intended to be completed on behalf of a student you teach.
EDSP 200: Current Issues in Education: Including Students with Multiple Disabilities in General Education Literacy Programs, Mary Ellen Seaver-Reid and Tammy Loomis, Instructors
Literacy skill acquisition is considered a life long process that is important for all in achieving a high quality life. Traditionally, students with multiple disabilities have not had the same access to early literacy experiences and learning that their peers without disabilities have experienced. Through participation in this course, participants will learn about the research base for best practice in literacy learning including assessment and instruction for all students and strategies for overcoming the challenges that students with multiple disabilities experience. Participants will explore strategies for adapting instruction, materials and assistive technology options to design and implement literacy instruction for a student with multiple disabilities.
EDSP 311: Curriculum and Technology in Special Education: A Conversational Approach to Communication Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities, Maureen Nevers, Instructor
This course will provide an interactive, experiential approach to teaching and learning from students who have moderate, severe and multiple disabilities including vision, hearing and motor impairments as well as sensory challenges. Participants will learn how to enhance communication development to positively impact participation and learning in home, school and community environments and activities. Emphasis will be on school age students from ages 3 to 22.
To register
contact the UVM Registrar’s office.
http://www.uvm.edu/registrar
Offered Summer
2010
EDSP 302: Physical and
Developmental Characteristics of Individuals with Disabilities, Ginny Iverson
EDSP
302 offers conceptual and practical information and skills to facilitate the
education of students with severe disabilities in inclusive classrooms based on
best practices in intensive special education. Historical and current perspectives will be explored along
with conceptual frameworks for educating children with severe
disabilities. Characteristics,
including intellectual, physical, sensory, health and behavioral, will be
explored through numerous exemplars of severe and multiple disabilities (e.g.,
autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, deaf blindness). The emphasis is on understanding how
these characteristics affect learning and the selection of educational
interventions. Students will
participate in simulations, and learn to conduct research, record reviews,
interviews and observations, and document information about a student and
implications for the educational program. Students will become familiar with the Specialized Instruction Model,
Communication Guidelines and other state of the art tools for providing exemplary
services for children with severe disabilities. The overall emphasis of the
course is valuing people with severe disabilities by promoting opportunities,
participation, learning, and support that result in valued life outcomes
EDSP
200: Curriculum and Technology in Intensive Special Education: Collaborative
Consultation, Co-teaching, Peer Supports, and Para-educators, TimothyFox
This
course addresses systems necessary to support all children, especially those
with the most severe and multiple disabilities, to participate in and benefit
from the general education curriculum and environments. Topics include:
- Consultation Skills and Written Communications in ISE
- Collaborative Teaming & Problem Solving
- Co-Teaching
- Developing Peer Relationships
- Training, Supporting and Evaluating Para-educators in ISE
To register
contact the UVM Registrar’s office.
http://www.uvm.edu/registrar/
Offered Fall 2010
to be annouced
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