Assessment, Diagnosis, and Prescription: Professional Practice: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

Designed to highlight multiple types of formal and informal non-biased assessments and data used for a variety of educational decisions—eligibility, IEP objectives, manifestation hearings, instructional accommodations, placement, monitoring progress, etc. This course delineates federal, state, and local laws, procedures, policies, and standards related to understanding the legal and ethical principles of authentic assessment and cross-battery assessment in today’s schools. Ethical issues related to assessment, placement, medication, orientation, and gender biases will be investigated. The role of the professional organizations (CEC) with regards to Code of Ethics and other standards and policies of the profession will be explored. Prerequisites: SPED 5326 or SPED 5263.