Charc Excep'L Learners (Fb).

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with in-depth knowledge of the theories, characteristics, etiology, and educational implications of students with exceptional learning needs. These include: related disabilities such as attention deficit disorders; specific age-span and developmental issues; cognitive functioning including intelligence, perception, neurobiology, linguistics, memory and thinking; levels of severity; multi-cultural influences; and medical aspects including medication, nutrition, genetics, and neurology. The course will describe deficits in academic, cognitive, socio-emotional behaviors; educational, technological, and medical interventions; placement options; curriculum design and current research on instructional approaches, and technology use. Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education Program.