MAED57881

This course explores the practice, implementation, and individualization necessary to work with children with exceptionalities. Students will take this advanced course required for certification and/or degree in early childhood special education. The course will offer insight into exceptionalities common in the special education classroom, including children on the Autism Spectrum. Other exceptionalities to be explored include: Down Syndrome, children with communication disorders, children with visual impairments, children with low mobility due to physical disability, and children with social-emotional delays, among others. Students will learn strategies and educational supports necessary to work with students of all abilities and will research appropriate educational expectations for an inclusive classroom. The student will gain skills and knowledge in evaluating and assessing the special needs of children, in choosing options for intervention, in differentiated teaching strategies and practices, and in management and guidance specifically for children with exceptional learning, behavioral, and emotional challenges; characteristics are often found inter-related. This course will deepen the student’s knowledge of evaluation, intervention, and differentiated teaching strategies with a focus on specific challenges presented by learners of all abilities and on current research that can enlighten and inform teachers on effective interventions, support, and guidance of young children in an inclusive classroom.SPECIAL NOTES: Instructor Permission required.