SPED 445 - Teaching the Student with Mild Disabilities

Institution:

Valparaiso University

Subject:

Special Education

Description:

This course provides teacher candidates with knowledge of various compensatory, corrective, and remedial instructional strategies in curriculum areas addressed in grades K-12 including reading/language arts, mathematics, and social studies and science content areas, social skills, study skills, vocational skills and adaptive behaviors. Course experiences emphasize effective, research-based teaching methods, diagnostic-prescriptive teaching techniques, and individual education/transition planning for students with mild disabilities at the elementary, middle school, and secondary levels. Includes a 40 clock hour field experience with students with mild disabilities at one of the developmental levels.. Prerequisite: SPED 347 or consent of the instructor.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

SPED-347

Corequisites:

SPED-446 AND SPED-444 AND SPED-447 AND SPED-448

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

valpo.edu

Phone Number:

(219) 464-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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