Available courses

This course will focus on information pertaining to exceptional children. Emphasis will be placed on the identification, etiology, and the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, behavioral, and educational variance of students with disabling conditions. Definitions, prevalence, causation, legal issues, and special education interventions and techniques will also be discussed.


This course is designed to focus on the legal foundations, characteristics, identification, and educational needs of learners with behavioral, learning and cognitive disabilities. Current definitions and classification systems, prevalence, terminology, social and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic and remedial procedures, and controversial issues in the field of behavioral, learning, and cognitive disabilities are covered. Weekly reading summary/reflections, two assessments, and a ten-page research-based term paper are required in this course.

This course will focus on information pertaining to exceptional children. Emphasis will be placed on the identification, etiology, and the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, behavioral, and educational variance of students with disabling conditions. Definitions, prevalence, causation, legal issues, and special education interventions and techniques will also be discussed. 

The legal foundations, characteristics, identification, and educational needs of learners with behavioral, learning and cognitive disabilities. Current definitions and classification systems, prevalence, terminology, social and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic and remedial procedures, and controversial issues in the field of behavioral, learning, and cognitive disabilities are covered. 15 hours of field based experiences, a reflection report, and ten-page research-based term paper are required in this course.

Instructor: William Hook

Email: whook3@gmail.com

Phone: 773 841-7903

Office Hours: As needed

Class Meets: Online

 

REQUIRED TEXT:

Learners with Mild Disabilities: A Characteristics Approach (Book only) by Eileen B. Raymond, 5th Edition ISBN 978-0133827118

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

This course is designed to focus on the legal foundations, characteristics, identification, and educational needs of learners with behavioral, learning and cognitive disabilities. Current definitions and classification systems, prevalence, terminology, social and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic and remedial procedures, and controversial issues in the field of behavioral, learning, and cognitive disabilities are covered. Weekly reading summary/reflections, two assessments, and a ten-page research-based term paper are required in this course.


Advanced teaching methods, materials, and intervention strategies for teaching learners with special needs in a variety of educational settings. Emphasis will be placed on case study development and strategies for modifying and adapting the curriculum, instruction, and lesson plans for students educated in inclusive classrooms.                        

This course is designed to focus on the legal foundations, characteristics, identification, and educational needs of learners with behavioral, learning and cognitive disabilities. Current definitions and classification systems, prevalence, terminology, social and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic and remedial procedures, and controversial issues in the field of behavioral, learning, and cognitive disabilities are covered. Weekly reading summary/reflections, two assessments, and a ten-page research-based term paper are required in this course.

The legal foundations, characteristics, identification, and educational needs of learners with behavioral, learning and cognitive disabilities. Current definitions and classification systems, prevalence, terminology, social and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic and remedial procedures, and controversial issues in the field of behavioral, learning, and cognitive disabilities are covered. 15 hours of field based experiences, a reflection report, and ten-page research-based term paper are required in this course.

This course will focus on information pertaining to exceptional children. Emphasis will be placed on the

identification, etiology, and the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, behavioral, and educational

variance of students with disabling conditions. Definitions, prevalence, causation, legal issues, and

special education interventions and techniques will also be discussed.