Education

This course is an overview of the field of special education geared to those who are preparing to work with children and youths with special needs. The course provides fundamental information on the identification and exceptionality, laws and legal cases affecting the delivery of services to individuals with exceptionalities, and the principles of effective educational approaches for each exceptionality. Categories of exceptionality presented include learning disabilities, behavior disorders, gifted and talented, communication disorders, autism, traumatic brain injury, physical disabilities, sensory impairments, other health impairments, and multiple and severe disabilities.

This course will introduce the research, pedagogy, and basic principles of educational technology. While introducing various types of technology that can be found in the school systems, the course will offer instructional strategies paired with apps and programs to instruct, engage, promote collaboration, embed creation, and assess students. The course will include foundations of how to teach digital citizenship and develop digital literacy skills. Students will be prepared to enter the school systems and identify how technology can enhance their classrooms.

This course is designed to provide the student with additional skills in sign language. The student will become familiar with history of signs, reviewing manual alphabet, and advanced vocabulary.