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• EDEX 435: Methods and Curriculum: Severe Cognitive Disabilities

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Emphasizes methods designed to facilitate the development of an integrated, functional, and community-based curriculum that prepares individuals for integration in a wide variety of postschool environments. Particular attention is given to methods and interventions based on the principles of applied behavior analysis.
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• EDEX 440: Ethical and Professional Behavior

  1.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Emphasizes ethical and professional behavior for educational professionals working with individuals with special needs. Focuses on responsible and ethical conduct as it relates to interaction with students and other professionals in direct service, instructional, and/or supervisory roles. Also addresses legal implications related to these roles. (Also offered as DISB 440; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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• EDEX 458: Transition Assessment and Planning for Youth with Disabilities

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Reviews litigation and legislation leading to the legal requirement for the provision of Transition Planning for adolescents with disabilities to include post-secondary education and training, employment, and community living outcomes. Develops competencies in the skills necessary to help students with disabilities make a successful transition from school to adult life. Addresses the importance self-determination and other personalsocialcharacteristics that must be identified and supported by the transition team throughout the transition planning/implementation process. (Also offered as DISB 458; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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• EDEX 460: Family Perspectives on Disability

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Critically examines families as competent and resourceful systems, students explore ways to collaborate effectively with family members. Focuses on legal and philosophical bases for supporting families in making important decisions affecting the education and care of their children. (Also offered as DISB 460; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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• EDHL 114: Introduction to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Deals with the different approaches used in teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing, manual language, oral language, and total communication. The historical background of each approach is presented with its strengths and weaknesses. Criteria for the use of each approach are established in consideration of degree of loss exhibited by the pupil, the age of onset, and the social and psychological implications.
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• EDHL 115: Introduction to American Sign Language

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Development of manual dexterity and fluency using fingerspelling. Acquisition of basic American Sign Language syntax, semantics, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Practice in acquiring general information from a signed message and conversing informally on commonly used topics. Exploration of the history of ASL and cultural aspects within the deaf community.
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• EDHL 215: Intermediate American Sign Language

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Emphasizes vocabulary expansion, comprehension of signed information, and development of fluency in conveying a message in American Sign Language. Focuses on idiom-like expressions, number systems, rules, grammar, and conversational language. Total immersion approach is used.
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• EDHL 308: Supporting Language and Communication for DHH, ELL, and Language Disorders

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Reviews normal language development birth to 12 years and compares it to the language development of children with various types and degrees of hearing loss, English as a second language, and children with language disorders. Emphasizes specific strategies focused on the assessment and development of English language skills in English Language Learners, Deaf/Hard of Hearing children, and children with language disorders.
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• EDHL 317: Sign Language in Educational Settings

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  Focuses on the use of sign language in the schools, first responder situations, and community outreach events. Includes the adaptation of American Sign Language to Manually Coded English and Signed English, basic principles of interpreting in an educational setting for future teachers of deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and pedagogical methods of including American Sign Language as a language of instruction for deaf students.
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• EDHL 417: Advanced American Sign Language

  3.00 Credits

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

  
  A continuation of Intermediate American Sign Language (ASL). Focuses on vocabulary expansion, comprehension of signed information, and development of fluency in conveying a message in ASL. Emphasizes receptive ability as well as overall quality of expression. Additional cultural aspects of ASL are discussed.
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