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SPED 245: Technology in Special Education

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Candidates will develop the use of technologies to assist in the teaching, remediation, assessment and enrichment of students with special needs in inclusive traditional and/or cyber classrooms. The goal is to help pre-service teachers iimplement instructional and assistive technology effectively. This course will also provide a framework for utilizing educational technology to meet the individualized needs of students.

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SPED 290: Experimental

1.00 - 3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum.

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SPED 295: Workshop

1.00 - 6.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

A workshop is a program which is usually of short duration, narrow in scope, often non-traditional in content and format, and on a timely topic.

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SPED 298: Selected Topics

1.00 - 3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department.

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SPED 302: Developmental Disabilities

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

The learner will identify the critical components of an educational program for persons who have mental retardation classified as moderate, severe, or profound including: curricular areas, effective teaching techniques, appropriate materials, team approaches, ancillary services, parental involvement and inclusionary practices. Includes a lab of three contact hours per week with students who have severe and/or multiple disabilities.

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SPED 315: Special Education Issues in Diverse Secondary Classrooms

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course is designed to familiarize secondary education majors with the various behavioral problems they may encounter in the inclusive classroom. Suggestions are given for ameliorating these problems, as well as successfully organizing the classroom and classroom routine. Three units of study will be explored. The three units are: 1) Classroom management with a focus on dealing with students with special needs, 2) Legal issues for secondary teachers, 3) Impact of exceptionalities in inclusive settings.

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SPED 341: Transition Across the Lifespan

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course is designed to provide students with a life management perspective for educating persons with disabilities in an inclusive etting. this course prepares students to apply the foundational principles of special education for meeting the major developmental needs of persons with disabilities from early infancy to adulthood. This course is designed to provide the undergraduate student with a foundation for the understanding of the major developmental needs and community requirements for individuals with disabilities.

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SPED 342: Building Community Partnerships

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course focuses on the multi-dimensaional role of service provider to individuals with disabilities. In addition to hands-on experiences with service agencies, students enrolled in this course will interact with service providers, supervisors, related service personnel parents and caretakers. Students will learn how to take on all roles of a service provider and implement effective programming to address all the needs of a client(s). Students will become skilled in matching student needs with appropriate transtion programming as well as identifying personnel key in providing necessary services.

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SPED 343: Americans with Disabilities

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course will provide background for understanding how disabling conditions may handicap a person in terms of jobs, marriage, and family life, housing and transportation and citizenship. The course stresses how everyone is involved in determining the success or failure of the disabled in society. An historical overview of society's treatment of the disabled will be contrasted with recent legislation and the emerging roles of the disabled in American society. The impact of special education on the disabled person, the parents, siblings, employers, neighbors, and peers will be presented.

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SPED 346: Assessment in Transition Planning

3.00 Credits

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

This course introduces the student to the assessments utilized for evaluation of students at all levels of transition planning, spanning from school readiness assessments to transition planning for the secondeary level. Students will learn to identify appropriate assessment based on student needs as well as how to administer and score evaluation data. In addition, the course will guide students in reviewing and interpreting assessment data to determine appropriate transition planning to address student needs. The course will also indentify the major litigation and legislation that have sigificantly influenced the nature of service to exceptional populations in the area of transition planning and assessment of their needs.

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