SPED Special Education
SPED 2255 Communication Arts and Language Development for Children with
Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education or
department approval. The interrelationships among strategies and concepts
for the teaching of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Language
development and the impact of disabilities on the acquisition of language
and communication. Modifications and effective teaching strategies in
communication arts and language for children and youth with disabilities.
Field experience required.
SPED 3155 Learning and Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Mental
Retardation - (4-0-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education or
departmental approval. Characteristics of children, youth and adults with
mental retardation. Social, psychological, and educational implications of
mental retardation. Historical and political perspectives will also be
included.
SPED 3165 Trends and Issues in Mental Retardation - (2-0-2)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education. Trends and Issues
in the field of Mental Retardation. Changing populations, inclusion,
children with health problems.
SPED 3215 Tests and Measurements in Special Education - (3-1-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or departmental
approval. A study of instruments used by classroom teachers in evaluating
children with special needs. Practical experiences provided.
SPED 3225 Teaching Mathematics in Special Education - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or departmental
approval. Basic mathematical concepts including program development,
methods, materials, and appropriate educational strategies and procedures
for use with children and disabilities. Field experience required.
SPED 3235 Practica and Curricula in Special Education - (1-0-1)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education.
Curriculum development in early childhood, middle grades and secondary
programs for children and youth with disabilities. Supervised Practica and
observation with diverse populations exhibiting unique management and
instructional needs (i.e., children, youth, and adults with severe
disabilities)
SPED 3255 Learning and Behavioral Characteristics of Children and Youth with
Disabilities, Gifts, and Talents - (2-1-2)
Prerequisites: EDUF 2116. Laws influencing special education and
Georgia's guidelines for identification and alternative educational
programs for exceptional children. Field experience required.
SPED 3275 Behavior Modification and Management of Students with
Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or departmental
approval. Theory and field application of behavior modification
techniques. Field experience required.
SPED 4000 Professional Studies in Special Education - (0-0-0)
Prerequisites: Applying for admission to Teacher Education or
department approval. A capstone course involving completion of independent
studies and maintenance of a portfolio of accomplishments in special
education. Students pursue self-study programmed learning materials in
selected special education areas such as the COE's conceptual framework,
IDEA, inclusion, ethics, and the IEP.
SPED 4215 Teaching Students with Mental Retardation - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or departmental
approval and SPED 3155. Materials and methods for teaching children with
mental retardation including adaptations, modifications and accommodations
in the general education classroom. Field experience required.
SPED 4225 School-Based Collaboration - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or departmental
approval. Studies of the collaborative process, community service,
interagency, and issues related to parenting and the provision of services
for children and youth with disabilities. Referral to placement process,
and the use of technology in Individualized Education Program (IEP)
SPED 4235 Principles of Curriculum and Programming Issues in Transition - (2-2-3)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education or
departmental approval. Provides teachers with an overview of functional
curricular approaches useful in preparing children and youth with special
needs for transition to non-educational settings (i.e., community and work
environment)
SPED 4255 Instructional Strategies for Teaching Children and Youth with
Disabilities, Gifts, and Talents - (2-1-2)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education and Student
Teaching. Co-requisites: ARTE 4485, EDCI 4485, MUSE 4485, PELM 4485, or
SPED 4485. Students will be presented with information and techniques for
designing appropriate instructional strategies for learners with
disabilities. Field experience required.
SPED 4355 Practicum in Mild Learning Disabilities - (0-2-1)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education or
department approval. Supervised lab and observation of teacher planning
and instructional presentation for students with mild specific learning
disabilities. Delivery of instruction and implementation of effective
instructional practices. Documented clock hours of observation and
journal. (S/U grading.)
SPED 4356 Practicum in Mild Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders - (0-2-1)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255 and Admission to Teacher Education or
department approval. Supervised lab and observation of teacher planning
and instructional presentation for students with mild emotional and/or
behavioral disorders. Delivery of instruction and implementation of
effective practices. Documented clock hours of observation and journal.
(S/U grading.)
SPED 4485 Student Teaching in Special Education - (0-40-10)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education and Student
Teaching, SPED 3255 and SPED 4215. Co-requisites: EDCI 4795, SPED 4255,
EDUF 4115, EDUF 4000; current proof of liability insurance and current CPR
certificate are required prior to student teaching. Observation and
teaching during the entire school day under the guidance of selected
classroom teachers. (S/U grading.)
SPED 5205 Learning and Behavioral Characteristics of Children with Disabilities,
Gifts, and Talents - (2-2-3)
Includes learning and behavioral characteristics of children with
disabilities, gifts, and talents. Laws influencing special education and
Georgia's guidelines for identification and alternative educational
programs for exceptional children. Field experience required.
SPED 5225 Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255. Examines the impact of autism and
other developmental disabilities on the child's emotional development and
social development, and on intellectual functioning. Instruction in
physical management, program organization and curriculum content, Lab
experience.
SPED 5235 Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities - (2-2-3)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education,
Post-Baccalaureate Program, or Department Approval. Surveys definitions of
"mild disabilities". Investigates the etiology of mild disabilities and
the ways in which they impact on the child's emotional development,
academic performance, and social interaction. Explores the various
approaches to encouraging the progress of students with mild disabilities
and models in included settings. Field experiences required.
SPED 5236 Understanding and Teaching Students with Mild Emotional and/or Behavior
Disorders - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255; Admission to Teacher Education,
Post-Baccalaureate Program, or Department Approval. Characteristics of
children and youth with mild emotional and/or behavioral disorders.
Etiology and classifications of mild emotional and/or behavioral
disorders. Identification and eligibility requirements programming issues.
Analysis of selected best educational practices, methods, techniques,
materials, and program models. Examination of current trends and issues in
the discipline of mild emotional and behavioral disorders. Field
experience required.
SPED 5237 Understanding and Teaching Students with Mild Specific Learning
Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 3255; Admission to Teacher Education,
Post-Baccalaureate Program, or Department Approval. Characteristics of
children with mild specific learning disabilities. Etiology and definition
of children with mild specific learning disabilities. Identification, laws
affecting administrators, teachers, parents, and children with mild
specific learning disabilities. Examination of current tends and teaching
methods used with children with mild specific learning disabilities. Field
experience required.
SPED 5285 Characteristics of the Preschool Child with Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Characteristics of the preschool child with disabilities, historical
current development of the fields of early intervention and preschool
services. Field experiences required.
SPED 5286 Teaching the Preschool Child with Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Information for the effective instruction of young children, birth
through age five, with disabilities. Field experiences required.
SPED 5698 Internship in Special Education - (0-10-5)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education. Co-requisites:
EDUF 4115, EDUF 4795, and INTECH Training. Supervised internship for
working teachers establishing credit for initial certification in Georgia.
Outcome-based assessment and portfolio development. May be taken twice for
credit. (S/U grading.)
SPED 6135 Inclusive and Collaborative Practices in Special Education - (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: Department Approval. Surveys placement practices.
Emphasizes main streamed and included models. Explores parent and
professional advocacy organizations. Investigates collaborative processes
and models.
SPED 6145 Language Instruction for Children with Disabilities - (2-0-2)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Surveys instructional
methods and materials used to teach speaking, listening, reading and
writing, to children with disabilities. Emphasizes the teaching of study
skills, thematic approaches, and improvement of memory.
SPED 6156 Psychosocial and Emotional Foundations of Behavior Disorders - (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: EDUF 6115 or Department approval. Theories of
personality, types of childhood behavior and/or emotional disorders,
classification systems, critique of therapeutic approaches with emphasis
on collaboration between and among teachers, clinical psychologists and
counselors.
SPED 6175 Lifespan Issues for People with Disabilities - (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Issues which affect
individuals across the Lifespan; e.g. Health care, insurance, social
integration, mobility.
SPED 6176 Teaching Adolescents with Learning Problems and Special Needs - (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Investigates the learning
styles and needs of adolescents with learning problems and/or special
needs. Examines identification and delineation issues. Application of
specific methods and/or materials for teaching adolescents with learning
problems and/or special needs.
SPED 6186 Characteristics of Children with Behavior and/or Emotional
Disorders - (4-0-4)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Etiology of behavior and/or
emotional disorders. Types of childhood behavior and/or emotional
disorders. Identification procedures, eligibility requirements,
educational issues, theoretical framework, specific program models, and
strategies.
SPED 6187 Nature and Characteristics of Children with Specific Learning
Disabilities - (4-0-4)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Definitions of "Specific
Learning Disability", etiology of learning disabilities and their impact
on the child's emotional development, academic performance, and social
interaction.
SPED 6188 Learning and Behavioral Characteristics of Students with Mental
Retardation - (4-0-4)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Characteristics of mental
retardation. Social, psychological, and educational implications of mental
retardation. Historic and political perspectives.
SPED 6215 Teaching students with Mental Retardation - (3-2-4)
Materials and methods for teaching children with mental retardation
including adaptations, modifications and accommodations in the general
education classroom.
SPED 6265 Assessment of Exceptional Children and Youth - (2-2-3)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or Department
approval; Co-requisite: SPED 6306, 6307 or SPED 6308 depending
upon the student's field of specialization. Surveys the statistics
required for assessment of basic learning skills with appropriate clinical
expertise. Practice testing and associated skills. Practice writing
results of testing. Practices reading and interpreting psychological
evaluations. Practices administration, scoring and interpreting informal
tests. Practices using test results to develop remedial programs and
IEPs.
SPED 6266 Testing Intelligence and Cognitive Functions - (2-4-4)
Prerequisites: SPED 6265 and SPED 6306/6307/6308; Admission to
Graduate or Post-Baccalaureate Program. Students survey diverse theories
of intelligence. The cognitive functions of acquisition, storage,
retrieval, and execution are studies. Then students examine and practice
administering, scoring, interpreting and reporting the results of the
WIAS, WPPSI, WISC, Binet, Bayley and Kauffman. Field experiences
required.
SPED 6267 Neurological Foundations of Learning and Teaching - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to College of Education or Department
approval. The effect of language content and use on cognitive development.
The neurology of learning and the diverse theories of intelligence based
on this science. Approaches to targeting instruction in brain-based
learning and teaching techniques.
SPED 6268 Objective Personality Testing - (2-4-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to College of Education and SPED 6265.
Surveys the uses of Objective Personality Testing. Selecting,
administering, scoring, interpreting, and reporting Objective Personality
Tests and test results. Includes the MMPI-2, MMPI-A, and CAT, and the
CPI.
SPED 6285 Program Development and Curriculum for Gifted Learners - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or Department
approval. Surveys all current successful strategies and programs being
used to implement instruction to children and youth who are gifted. Field
experience required.
SPED 6286 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children with Behavior and/or
Emotional Disorders - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Analysis of selected best
practice strategies, methods, techniques and materials. Practice
associating materials with appropriate methods. Application rehearsals,
survey of classroom therapies. Practice use of classroom therapies.
SPED 6287 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children with Specific Learning
Disabilities - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Examines the classroom
management strategies and the specific methods and materials for teaching
children with Specific Learning Disabilities. Observation and
participation experiences.
SPED 6288 Learning and Behavioral Characteristics of Gifted Learners - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or Department
approval. Surveys definition, characteristics, and identification of the
gifted. Examines the effects of cultural diversity with an eye toward the
provision of appropriate services to gifted children and youth who are
traditionally undeserved, disadvantaged, or disabled. Field experience
required.
SPED 6289 Teaching the Gifted Learner - (3-2-4)
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Education or Department
approval. Administrative and instructional intervention for gifted
learners. Ability grouping, inclusion, enrichment, special classes,
acceleration.
SPED 6416 Practicum in Behavior Disorders - (0-4-2)
Prerequisites: SPED 6186, SPED 6265, SPED 6286, and SPED 6306.
Participation in a supervised practicum teaching children with
developmental disorders who possess Behavior Disorders.
SPED 6417 Practicum in Specific Learning Disabilities - (0-4-2)
Prerequisites: Department approval; Participation in a
supervised practicum teaching children who possess Specific Learning
Disabilities.
SPED 6418 Practicum in Mental Retardation - (0-4-2)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Supervised experiences
teaching children with developmental disabilities who are Mentally
Retarded.
SPED 6796 Seminar in Special Education - (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: Department approval. An integrative seminar
involving issues, trends and controversies in the field of Special
Education, with emphasis on classroom applications. May be taken twice for
credit.
SPED 6797 The Special Education Teacher within the School - (2-0-2)
Prerequisites: Department approval; Co-requisite: SPED
6796. Surveys cross-categorical, medical and other terminology commonly
used in Special Education. Examines the teacher's administrative tasks;
i.e. paperwork, adherence to due process, parental notifications, IEPs,
etc. Investigates the impact of law on best practice in Special
Education.
SPED 6899 Independent Study - (1-3 hours)
Prerequisites: Department approval. An integrative directive
study of a current, specific issue, problem, or other approved topic. May
be repeated for credit.
SPED 7255 Research in Behavior Disorders - (1-4-3)
Prerequisites: Admission to M.Ed. Program. Student selects and
explores a current topic in Behavior Disorders and presents it before a
group of his or her peers or of the faculty.
SPED 7256 Research in Learning Disabilities - (1-4-3)
Prerequisites: Admission to M.Ed. Program. Student selects and
explores a current topic in Learning Disabilities and presents it before a
group of his or her peers or of the faculty.
SPED 7257 Research in Mental Retardation - (1-4-3)
Prerequisites: Admission to M.Ed. Program. Student selects and
explores a current topic in Mental Retardation and presents it before a
group of his or her peers or of the faculty.
SPED 7306 Scales and Inventories for Assessing Children with Behavior
Disorders - (0-2-1)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Co-requisite: SPED
6265. Examines various curriculum inventories and other scales and
inventories accepted as best practice in the assessment of children with
Behavior Disorders with follow up experiences including practice of the
administration, scoring, interpretation and reporting of data associated
with these instruments.
SPED 7307 Scales and Inventories for Assessing Children with SLD - (0-2-1)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Co-requisite: SPED
6265. Examines assessment of perception. Requires practice in the
administration, scoring, interpretation and use of data obtained from
various perceptual instruments and from formal reading tests and
inventories.
SPED 7308 Scales and Inventories for Assessing Children with Mental
Retardation - (0-2-1)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Co-requisite: SPED
6265. Adaptive behavior scales, curriculum inventories, the Battelle, the
Bragance and other scales and inventories accepted as best practice in the
assessment of children with mental retardation. With practice in their
administration.
SPED 7795 Ethical and Legal Issues in Special Education - (1-0-1)
Prerequisites: Department approval. Co-requisite: SPED
6715. Examines the Professional Standards Commission's Code of Ethics.
Surveys CEC's Code of Ethics. Overviews other Codes of Ethics. Relates
best practice to the law, IDEA, and ADA. Discusses Section 504
issues.