Graduate Catalog: 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

SPE 540: Teaching Elementary Students withDisabilities in Elementary Schools – Threesemester hours. This course is designed to providepre-service teachers an opportunity to plan methodsand materials to be used in inclusive settings,addressing the educational needs of students withdisabilities in upper elementary schoolSPE 541: Teaching Early Childhood Studentswith Disabilities In General Classrooms – Threesemester hours. This course is designed to providepre-service teachers an opportunity to plan methodsand materials to be used in inclusive settings,addressing the educational needs of students withdisabilities birth through grade three.SPE 545: Introduction to Early ChildhoodSpecial Education – Three semester hours. Thiscourse covers the rationale for early childhoodspecial education and provides a comprehensiveoverview of major principles and practices relatingto the provision of services to young children withdisabilities from birth through age eight.SPE 546: Parent and Family Assessment,Support, and Cooperation – Three semester hours.This course is designed to investigate methods offamily assessment and evaluation as well asmethods in training, counseling, and support ofyoung children with disabilities.SPE 548: Assessment in Early Childhood SpecialEducation – Three semester hours. This courseemphasizes the basic skills and knowledge that arerequired to analyze, select, and implement effectiveassessment practices with children with disabilities.SPE 549: Adaptive Techniques and Methods inEarly Childhood Special Education – Threesemester hours. This course involves the study oftechniques and methods that are requisites to adaptearly childhood curricula to the specialized needs ofyoung children with disabilities from birth throughage eight.SPE 550: Learning Strategies for YoungChildren with Disabilities – Three semester hours.This course is designed to provide teachers ofchildren with disabilities aged 0– 8 with currentstrategies for assessing student learning styles andmodifying instructional methods for optimal studentlearning.SPE 595 Internship In Early Childhood SpecialEducation – Three semester hours. This courseengages the candidate to practice learnedproficiencies in an educational setting by providingsupervised teaching experiences in an earlychildhood special education setting involvingchildren from birth to age eight. Candidates willdemonstrate competencies to develop andimplement instructional strategies under thesupervision of a certified teacher of children withdisabilities from birth to age eight in a setting ofservice delivery designed to maximize children’slearning potential.SPE 609: Seminar In Special Education – Threesemester hours. This course is designed to stimulatethe candidate's thinking in the field of specialeducation, current research, programminginnovations, curricular trends, and theoreticalperspectives to be discussed.SPE 641: Evaluation and Methods and Materialsof Special Education – Three semester hours. Thiscourse is designed to present innovative positionsregarding how children in special education may beaided in the learning process.SPE 643: Curriculum Planning--K-6 – Threesemester hours. This course focuses on the study ofthe philosophical and psychological foundations ofspecial education and designing curriculum specificto addressing the needs of individuals withdisabilities within an inclusive education setting ingrades K-6.SPE 644: Curriculum Planning --6-12 – Threesemester hours. This course focuses on the study ofthe philosophical and psychological foundations ofspecial education and designing curriculum specificto addressing the needs of individuals withdisabilities within an inclusive education setting ingrades 6-12.SPE 660: Advanced Collaborative Consultation –Three semester hours. This course is designed toprovide teachers with opportunities to successfullyplan and facilitate intervention strategies to beimplemented in a school-wide inclusion program.The focus is upon implementing strategies whichgarner teacher support for collaborative consultationwhile simultaneously meeting the needs of childrenwith disabilities.SPE 664: Supervising Collaborative ConsultationPrograms K-6 – Three semester hours. This courseis designed to provide opportunities for teachers ofyoung children with disabilities with practicalexperience in facilitating collaborative activities162