SPED 343 - Americans with Disabilities

Institution:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Special Education

Description:

This course will provide background for understanding how disabling conditions may handicap a person in terms of jobs, marriage, and family life, housing and transportation and citizenship. The course stresses how everyone is involved in determining the success or failure of the disabled in society. An historical overview of society's treatment of the disabled will be contrasted with recent legislation and the emerging roles of the disabled in American society. The impact of special education on the disabled person, the parents, siblings, employers, neighbors, and peers will be presented.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Other

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.sru.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 738-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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