EDS 522Disability Law & Ethics for Special Educators

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(2 crs.) This course will prepare special education graduate candidates to examine the most salient social, historical and legal foundations of special education and consider current issues confronting the field, such as full inclusion, disability rights, disproportionality, multi-tiered systems and supports (MTSS), implicit bias, and professional ethics. The course will focus on the civil liberties of students with disabilities, and the legal obligations of their schools and teachers.  Common characteristics and supports (accommodations and modifications) of high-incidence disabilities will be discussed. (Lec/Online) Pre: Admittance into the MA in Education Program (with Special Education specialization) or by approval of instructor