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• SPED 3020: Intellectual & Physical Disabi

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will cover biological, psychosocial, and educational implications of intellectual, physical disabilities and health impairments. This course provides information on etiology, assessment, programs, and educational strategies for students with intellectual, physical disabilities, and health impairments. Additionally, the course will address instruction, curricular adaptation, collaboration, advocacy, special services, equipment, and procedures for schools and community programs in working with students with these types of disabilities.
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• SPED 3030: Intellectual Disabilites

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This is a comprehensive study of the biological, psychosocial, and educational implications of intellectual disabilities, including a consideration of etiology; assessment and diagnosis; educational programs, including preschool and post school; adult social and vocational adjustment; national and local programs, and research.
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• SPED 3040: Phys Disab and Health Impair

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed for undergraduate students who will serve students with physical disabilities, health impairments, and multiple disabilities. Therefore, this course provides identification and treatment of students with physical disabilities and health impairments, plus instruction, curricular adaptation, collaboration, advocacy, special services, equipment, and procedure for school and community programs for them. Survey of characteristics identification and intervention strategies related to physical disabilities, special health care needs, special services, equipment, and procedures for school and community programs. The course includes discussion, simulation, presentation, and survey reports pertaining to education, related services, and accommodations and modifications for individuals with physical disabilities and health impairments.
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• SPED 3050: Early Intervention in Sp Ed

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces the field of Early Childhood Special Education with a focus on the young child with disabilities. It emphasizes early intervention rationale, history, and identification of at-risk children. Relationship-building teaming with families approaches included. Also included are mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA).
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• SPED 3060: Spec Reading and Writing Inst

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course will introduce students to the Science of Reading and provide students with specific data-based strategies used to teach reading and written expression to exceptional learners.
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• SPED 3070: Special Mathematics Instruct

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Provides students with specific data-based strategies to teach mathematics to students with disabilities.
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• SPED 3080: Sp Ed: Field-Based Skills

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This 45-hour field experience will be a collaborative experience between the student, university supervisor, and collaborating teacher. Students will observe, assist, tutor, instruct, assess, and/or manage students. Within the experience, students will reflect and self-critique their current skills, knowledge, and disposition related to all .
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• SPED 3090: Assessment and Presct Teach

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course provides information about supervised practice using formal and informal assessment instruments commonly utilized in Special Education. It addresses instruments and procedures associated with the identification and programming process, along with curriculum-based assessment for progress monitoring.
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• SPED 3490: Spec Ed Field III

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The Special Education Field Experience in Low Incidence Disabilities is a course taken by students majoring in Special Education. Students spend 45 hours in a school/agency setting to gain experience with students with low incidence disabilities. This will be a collaborative experience between the student, university supervisor, and collaborating teacher/professional. The collaborating teacher/professional certified in special education with at least two years experience with students/adults with disabilities. While fully immersed in the field-based setting, university students may observe, assist, tutor, instruct, assess, and/or manage students/adults. Within the experience students will reflect and self-critique their current skills, knowledge, and disposition related to all students/adults with disabilities they encounter.
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• SPED 3600: Instructional Planning

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines in depth research-validated strategies, and their underlying theories, for planning and implementing instruction appropriate for students with special needs, including English Language Learners. It enables special education teacher-candidates to develop expertise in selecting and designing effective curriculum materials and in planning and delivering specialized explicit instruction that best reflects the unique needs of each exceptional student.
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