EDSP 302 will benefit general and special educators, related services providers, administrators, paraeducators and others involved with educating students with Intensive Special Education needs from preschool through high school. This course 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, deafblindness). 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 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.

Virginia Iverson ()

Programs for Educators

Dates: July 1 - August 9, 2013

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