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Graduate Curricula
Student Teaching Handbook.
SPED 499. Student Teaching in Learning
Disabilities (Secondary)
12–15 credits
Direct observation and supervised teaching experience.
Students must spend a full day, five days
per week for a semester, with adolescents with
learning disabilities. Students enrolled in this
course will be expected to meet all the obligations
set forth in the Special Education Student
Teaching Handbook.
SPED 530. Introduction to
Behavioral Disorders
3 credits
Focuses on the causes, characteristics, diagnosis,
and treatment of children with behavioral disorders.
Emphasis is placed on the educational,
social, and personal interactions of students with
mild and moderate behavior disorders.
Prerequisite: SPED 210 or equivalent.
SPED 550. Introduction to Multicategorical
Special Education Programming 3 credits
Provides an introduction to children and youth
with mild special needs and a framework for
understanding special education needs from a
multicategorical perspective. Prerequisite: SPED
210 or equivalent.
SPED 593. Teaching Infants and Young Children
with Severe/Profound Disabilities 3 credits
This course addresses teaching methodology as it
applies to infants and young children with serious
disabilities. Various issues relating to working
with youngsters with severe/profound and
multiple disabilities are addressed through lecture
discussion and practice of skills. Such issues as
medical care, technology for department children,
community, state, and regional resources, support
groups, service delivery systems for early
development as well as specific teaching methods
in the areas of motor, social, self-help, cognitive
and behavior will be addressed.
SPED 521/621. Teaching the Elementary
Learning Disabled Child
3 credits
This course is designed to provide an in-depth
exploration of specific strategies used with teaching
elementary level learning disabled youngsters.
Teachers will develop skills for working with the
learning disabled child in areas of reading mathematics,
spelling, handwriting, social skills and
thinking skills. Field hours required. Prerequisite:
SPED 511, 520 or permission of instructor.
SPED 522/622. Teaching Secondary Learning
Disabled Students
3 credits
Designed to develop skills in teachers working
with learning disabled adolescents, this course
will focus on in-depth study in the areas specific
to the needs of secondary level students. Field
hours required. Prerequisites: SPED511, 520 or
permission of instructor.
SPED 623. Neurological Aspects of Learning
Disabilities
3 credits
Focus on the various neurological components
involved in the learning process. Students will
learn the operation of the brain and how it
impacts learning. Prerequisites: SPED 210 or
equivalent; SPED 520.
SPED 628. Practicum in Learning Disabilities
(Elementary)
3 credits
This course provides students with field experiences
working in elementary programs for students
with learning disabilities. Students will gain
first hand practical experience in working with
curriculum and teaching strategies under the
supervision and guidance of licensed teachers.
Prerequisites: SPED 510, 511, 514 520, 621, and
teacher certification.
SPED 629. Practicum in Learning Disabilities
(Secondary)
3 credits
This course provides students with field experiences
working in secondary programs for students
with learning disabilities. Students will gain
first hand, practical experience in working with
curriculum and teaching strategies under the
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