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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
ECE 262 Early Childhood Special Needs Assessment Practices
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Examine various formal and informal assessment practices for children birth through age 8 who have or are at risk for
special needs. Includes legal provisions governing assessment and service eligibility; common disabilities, delays and
disorders; use, limitations, and procedural considerations of assessment; the role of family; formal and informal cognitive,
skill, and behavior based tests; terms and scoring systems frequently utilized in assessments reports and measurements;
use of screening tools and assessments; and intervention methods and models.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 117.
Recommendation: Completion of ECE 211 before enrolling in this course.
Information:
Students will be expected to complete 6 hours of fieldwork in inclusive classrooms.
All ECE courses require college-level reading and writing.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECE 264 Families and Professional Partnerships in ECSE
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Examine the importance of developing relationships between families of children birth through age 8 with special needs
and the professionals who work with them. Includes theoretical and cultural influences; variables that impact family
functioning and emotions; family-centered services; relationship-based practice; intervention teams and service locations;
intervention plan requirements; and professional characteristics and responsibilities.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 117.
Recommendation: Completion of ECE 211 before enrolling in this course.
Information:
Students will be expected to complete 10 hours of observation in inclusive classrooms.
All ECE courses require college-level reading and writing.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECE 266 Curriculum Adaptation in the Inclusive Early Childhood Class
3 cr. hrs. 3 periods (3 lec.)
Strategies to address the cognitive, communication, motor, personal-social and adaptive needs of children birth through
age 8 with developmental delays or disabilities. Includes normal and exceptional development; legal, ethical, and
functional roles of educators and service providers; partnerships with families; recognizing special needs that require
adapted instruction; individual intervention plans; developing and coordinating services; designing and implementing
curriculum modifications and instructional strategies in the inclusive classroom; promoting the development of social and
emotional skills, motor skills, communication skills, and cognitive skills; and adaptive self-help and independence skills.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 117.
Recommendation: Completion of ECE 211 before enrolling in this course.
Information:
Students will be expected to complete 15 hours of observation in inclusive classrooms.
All ECE courses require college-level reading and writing.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.
ECE 268 Strategies to Support Development in Inclusive Environments
4 cr. hrs. 16 periods (1 lec., 15 lab)
Identifying and adapting instructional strategies to provide optimal support to individual children through age 8. Includes
Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) best practices as a blended
process; developing and nurturing the family-professional partnership; the role of assessments and progress monitoring
for individualizing instructional strategies; designing, implementing, and assessing strategies for adaptive, language and
communication, motor, cognitive, social, and emotional development; designing individual educational objectives for
children who have needs in one or more domains of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and analyzing one’s
professional development.
Prerequisite(s): ECE 117, 260, 262, 264, 266.
Recommendation: Completion of ECE 211 before enrolling in this course.
Information:
Consent of instructor or program coordinator is required before enrolling in this course.
A child development course may be used to substitute for ECE 117.
A fingerprint clearance card and TB test are required.
Students will be expected to complete 120 hours of documented field work in an early childhood special education
inclusive setting.
All ECE courses require college-level reading and writing.
Offered: Fall, Spring.
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