SPED 500Sped Content Area Teacher

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SPED 500 introduces content-area teachers for grades 7-12 to current legal, social, theoretical, and research foundations for special education services and practice. One role of general educators at the secondary level is to effectively teach students with high-incidence disabilities in inclusive environments. This involves understanding students' individual learning differences and collaborating with special educators and support staff to adapt assessment and instruction, to use positive behavioral supports, and to use research-based practices to meet the requirements of Individualized Education Program plans. Fifteen hours of fieldwork with students with disabilities in schools is required.