Special Education Process and Legalities

Catalog description

Students will gain essential knowledge and skills necessary to appropriately identify, assess and instruct students with educational disabilities in various setting on the continuum of service. Topics include categories of disabilities, components of multidisciplinary evaluations, and development of IEPs and ways to foster positive parent collaboration. Assessments studied include norm-referenced tests, diagnostic and screening instruments, and curriculum-based tools. Students will demonstrate ability to carry out their professional roles and responsibilities related to special education laws, regulations and processes.