EDUC 2070 - Introduction to Special Education

1. Student Learning
   1. Assistive technology
   2. Least restrictive environment
   3. Strengths/weaknesses guide instruction and learning
2. Diverse Learners
   1. Characteristics
   2. Categories/designations
3. Collaboration, ethics, and relationships
   1. Parents, families, and exceptionality
   2. Cultural and linguistic diversity and exceptionality
   3. Appropriate education and treatment of students
   4. Reporting suspected abuse or neglect
4. Foundational Knowledge
   1. Policies, practices, and programs
   2. Components: grade-level content standards, prevention efforts and early intervening services, Title I, bilingual education, the education of English language learners, Section 504 accommodations, and gifted education
   3. Principles of evidence-based practice
   4. Effects of attitudes and expectations
   5. Contemporary issues
   6. Effect of medication and specialized health care
   7. Implications for the provision of educational services
5. Communication and Collaboration
   1. People, concepts, and perspectives
6. Field Experience

1. describe areas of exceptionality in learning
2. explain the role of the special education teacher in helping all students learn at the highest level
3. analyze information about students’ families, cultures, and communities as the basis for connecting instruction to students’ experiences
4. describe a learning community in which individual differences are respected
5. explain student rights and teacher responsibilities to equal education
6. describe the role of special education
7. explain the relationship of special education to other components of the education system
8. explain historical and philosophical foundations, legal bases, ethical principles and standards of professional practice
9. analyze definitions, characteristics, and educational implications for students with disabilities eligible for special education services
10. identify similarities and differences among the cognitive, physical, sensory, cultural, social, emotional, behavioral, and communication needs of individuals with and without disabilities and across different disabilities
11. analyze impact of coexisting conditions, multiple disabilities, and gifts and the implications for the provision of educational services
12. analyze impact of gender, familial background, socioeconomic status, racial, cultural, and linguistic diversity on disabilities and involvement in all aspects of special education
13. explain medical terminology and educational implications of medical conditions
14. explain the importance and utility of parent involvement in student academic achievement
15. explain legal, judicial, medical, and educational systems
16. describe roles and organizational structures of general and special education
17. explain how disabilities can impact families as well as the student’s ability to learn, interact socially, and contribute to the community throughout the life span

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