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3.00 Credits
This is the third level course in American Sign Language. The primary objective of the American Sign Language III "Signing Naturally" Level 2 curriculum is for students to continue using the twobasic language skills: visual listening and signing. Prerequisite: SPED 502. LEC
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3.00 Credits
This is the fourth level course in American Sign Language. The primary objective of the American Sign Language IV "Signing Naturally" Level 3 curriculum is for students to continue using the twobasic language skills - visual listening and signing. Prerequisite: SPED 503. LEC
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
A special course of study designed to meet current needs of education students; primarily for undergraduates. LEC
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an introduction to the definition, characteristics, causes, assessment, and specific remedial techniques for students needing an adaptive curriculum. The needs for specialized services to meet specific learning and/or behavioral needs will be presented. Students will learn about the history of serving children and youth with high incidence disabilities associated with specific learning, emotional/behavioral, mild mental retardation and a range of physical and health needs. Key individuals in the research of specific disabilities associated with these needs and how they helped expand our understanding of who these individuals are and how to address specific needs, will also be addressed. Learning characteristics will be addressed in relation to why and how specialized instruction can meet the learning and developmental needs of these individuals, specifically in the areas of instructional and assistive technology. LEC
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course provides an overview of the characteristics of learners with significant support needs. Students will learn to define and understand various classification systems and the implications of: low-incidence disabilities, significant cognitive disability, various vision and/or hearing impairments, including deafblindness motor disabilities, and health impairments. Students will be introduced to various etiologies: pre-, peri-, and post-natal causes, syndromes and chromosomal disorders, and biomedical causes of severe disability. Additional content includes anatomy of sensory organs, interpretation of pertinent medical reports, assessment procedures, and in school settings considerations (e.g., orientation and mobility, cochlear implants, medications, tube feeding, physical therapy, occupational therapy). Prerequisite: An introductory course in special education. LEC
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3.00 Credits
(3). Deaf Studies is the basic characteristics course for both the Master's degree in Deaf Education and for Kansas and Missouri endorsement in Deaf/HOH. The course includes medical aspects/etiology of hearing loss, history, pertinent laws, Deaf culture and community, issues in assessment and psychology, language and sign systems, multicultural education, multiple disabilities and hearing loss, and specific issues in the field. LEC
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3.00 Credits
Social, cognitive, emotional, and other developmental aspects associated with children and youth identified with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and mental retardation are covered by this course. Characteristics, special needs, and service delivery approaches are compared and contrasted. Prerequisite: SPED 425 or SPED 725. LEC
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3.00 Credits
This course is an initial methods course for individuals seeking licensure in Adaptive or Functional Special Education. The course addresses how to develop and write Individualized Educational Plans. Students learn about instructional planning to differentiate various learner needs, universal design principles, and developing appropriate accommodations and modifications to facilitate student learning. Particular attention is given to instructional strategies for supporting the development of literacy in reading and math. Prerequisite: SPED 631 or SPED 731, and SPED 632 or SPED 732. LEC
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3.00 Credits
(3). This course will provide an introduction to appropriate instructional methodology for teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing at the early childhood, elementary, and secondary levels. Upon completion students will be familiar with legal issues, teaming, assessment, IEP development, curriculum planning, instructional methods, and transition. LEC
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course will learn to design, implement and evaluate developmentally appropriate curricula and programs for children from birth to four years of age. Examination of historical, legal, philosophical and theoretical foundations of early childhood care and education for young children and their families will be addressed. Issues of curriculum design and assessment are introduced as interrelated processes that include structuring learning environments and experience that are responsive to children's interests and abilities. Students analyze and evaluate curriculum that focuses on the five developmental domains a) social emotional development; b) cognitive development; c) language and communication development; d) adaptive behavior development; and e) gross and fine motor development. Strategies for developing learning opportunities that are appropriate for young children, including children with special needs and children from diverse cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, will be explored. LEC
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