Exceptional Students P-Gr 6

Catalog description

This course will emphasize the types and developmental patterns of specific exceptionalities (including giftedness and poverty), addressing risk factors, etiology, characteristics, and classification of common disabilities. Focus will also be on legal issues, parent/student rights, responsibilities of teachers, both general education and special education, quality teaching for ALL students, including intervention strategies, accommodations, and the use of community resources to meet children's individual needs. Child maltreatment, including legal requirements, is introduced.