TED 633 - Advanced Special Education Practices in Early Childhood Education

Units: 3
Developmentally appropriate practices for children birth through 8-years with high incidence disabilities, developmental delays, and considered at-risk. Early intervention and delivery approaches. Diverse, family-focused perspective. Field component.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand similarities and differences between typical and atypical children birth through 8-years.
Analyze and investigate services for children birth through 8-years with high incidence disabilities, developmental delays, and those considered at risk for delays.
Research legal and ethical issues, laws and strategies for working with families to create and implement developmentally appropriate practices for programs, including Integrated Education Services Online (IESO), Individual Education Plan (IEP) and inter-agency agreements.
Apply knowledge of socio-cultural and linguistic factors that influence perceptions about disability, quality of life issues, and access to and use of appropriate services.
Employ observation, documentation, and other applicable assessment tools to design Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) curricula.