Teaching Early Childhood Learners with Complex Care Needs (IECE)

Catalog description

This course is designed to give early childhood special educators exposure to working with children (birth through eight) who have disabilities that include significant medical issues. The role and function of early childhood special educators as team members are addressed both in IEPs and IFSPs (early intervention). The role of related technology, assistive technology and Augmentative and Alternate Communcation (AAC) will receive extensive attention, as will issues of etiology and remediation. This course is taken while students are student teaching; therefore, there will be direct application of skills being learned.