Description
This course will provide a detailed consideration of the characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities and the practical implications for educational practice. The learning needs of students with emotional, cognitive, physical, sensory, social and multiple disabilities will be examined in depth, as well as those gifted and talented students and those who are culturally different or economically disadvantaged. The similarities and differences in the learning needs and patterns of children with and without exceptionalities will be compared and contrasted. The impact of the cultural environment life of the child and family will be discussed. Individualized Educational Plans (IEP's), the inclusion option, and various other service delivery paradigms available to school districts will be elucidated. Recommended: PSY 111 or PSY 204 or PSY 205 or PSY 206.