EDU 6468 - Cognitive and Emotional Challenges: Low Incidence Disabilities

This course focuses on students with severe and multiple disabilities, autism, moderate-severe learning impairments, sensory disabilities, and severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Topics are characteristics of the disabilities, and strategies for improving academic and social skills in regular classrooms, in resource rooms, and separate classrooms. Intervention and assessment in functional academics are blended with life-skills and adaptive technology. The 15-hour field placement targets the candidate's licensing area.