Special Education Teaching Methods

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of teaching methods used in the K-12 special education classroom, with an emphasis on students with specific learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, and other mild to moderate disabilities. Participants explore the relationship between individual student characteristics and the development of an Individualized Education Program, as well as: instructional implications of special education categories, characteristics of various service delivery models, lesson planning, instructional strategies, classroom organization and management, crisis prevention, transition planning, and career counseling. Communication through consultation and collaboration, and professional and ethical practices are also examined.