Development and Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities

Catalog description

Development and Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities—This course is designed to engage candidates in an understanding of human development and behaviors. Candidates will conceptualize students from preschool through 12th grade with exceptionalities by using neurotypical development as a reference point. DEP 400 provides an overview of human development which encompasses the areas of: academic, social and emotional, language, cognitive, physical, and sensory. Candidates will explore the characteristics and defining factors for each of the major disability categories. Course instruction and activities will prepare candidates to understand the characteristics of neurotypical and atypical learners (students with exceptionalities). Satisfactory completion of the course will prepare students to pass the Special Education Core Knowledge portions of state-mandated teacher licensure exams. GE Categories: Development, Education and Pedagogy, Regional and Global Awareness Corequisites: DEP 410, DEP 420