Introduction to Teaching Students with Disabilities in Jewish Day Schools

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This course focuses on current approaches to teaching children with disabilities; special education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; identification for evaluation of students who may have disabilities; current theories and methodologies for working with students with disabilities; inclusion and the concept of the least restrictive environment; early intervention; special education curriculum modifications, classroom management, and use of technology; educational challenges and instructional approaches for children with cognitive deficits, physical and sensory impairments, language delays, emotional disturbance, and learning disabilities; working with children with autism; application of principles of differentiated instruction. Students are exposed to evidence-based instructional methods and critically examine the concept that instruction should be evidence-based.