Classroom and School-Wide Management Practices in Special Education

Catalog description

Developing function-based individual interventions as well as class-wide behavior supports for students with disabilities. SPLED 504 Classroom and School-Wide Management Practices in Special Education (3) This course is designed to build upon existing content knowledge and experience in evidence-based classroom management practices including applied behavior analysis and explicit instruction. The overall course objective is to engage students in a review of relevant theories and research on supporting positive behavior change for K-12 students with special needs, and to prepare graduate students to implement effective, evidence-based practices (e.g., classroom structure methods, reinforcement based interventions, behavior reduction strategies) when working with learners with special needs exhibiting a broad range of challenging behaviors (e.g., off task, failure to follow directions, verbal and physical aggression). This course goes beyond introductory-level classroom management courses by presenting the research base for advanced classroom and school-wide behavior change methods that require students to synthesize prior learning with new knowledge into contemporary classroom situations. The course will entail current readings from the professional literature and both individual and group projects intended to enable the learner to apply content to realistic case studies.