EDU 564 - Introduction to Exceptionality

Credits: 3

Basic special education for pre-K through grade 12 teachers. Provides participants general understanding of special education federal and state law, procedures and responsibilities. Covers impact of child with disabilities on family and culture of family. Introduces strategies for working and collaborating with parents and other professionals as well as discovering resources of services for family by other agencies. Analysis of issues and in-depth look at most frequent types of disabilities encountered in classroom. Identifies ways to design or modify curriculum for children with disabilities in general education classroom when universally designed plans do not meet these students’ needs.