Professional, Ethical, and Legal Practices for Special Education

Catalog description

This course is designed to engage students in understanding professional roles and responsibilities of the special education teacher and other professionals who deliver special education services. DEP 420 provides an overview of major legislation within the disabilities rights movement, and federal requirements within a legally defensible individualized education program (IEP). Course instruction and activities will prepare candidates to understand the components of legally defensible individualized education program (IEP). In addition candidates will understand the pre-referral, referral, and identification process. Satisfactory completion of the course will prepare students to pass the Special Education Core Knowledge portions of state-mandated teacher licensure exams. GE Categories: Written Communication, Oral Communication, Quantitative Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Information Literacy Corequisites: DEP 400, DEP 410