EDU 2140 - Cognitive Differences and Emotional Challenges

3 cr

This course focuses on students with Low Incidence Disabilities: severe and multiple disabilities, autism, moderate-severe learning impairments, sensory disabilities, and severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. Pre-service special educators will be learning about the characteristics of these students and the strategies to teach them academic and social skills within the regular classroom, in resource rooms, and in substantially separate classrooms. Emphasis is placed on interventions and assessment for functional academics, blended with life-skills and adaptive technology. The field component of this course is 15 hours based on licensing area.
Prerequisite: EDU 2110 .
Fall