SPED 647 - Transition for Persons with Disabilities

Institution:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Special Education

Description:

This course is designed to offer graduatge students enrolled in the Masters in Special Education Certification Program an understanding of what services are required, needed, and available to adults with disabilities through local community agencies. major developmental needs and philosophical approaches provided by various commun ity agencies will be explored. The course is based on a life-cycle approach using a Self-Determination Model to track the exceptional person as they begin the transition from secondary education in the world of work, adulthood and their elderly years. The course will examine recent social issues such as choice, individual control, dignity/respect and vocational programs that have dramatically altered the lives of exceptional adults.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Institution Website:

www.sru.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 738-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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