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  • SPED 2050: Intro to Sp Ed with Field Obs

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    The Special Education Field Experience I is a course taken by candidates majoring in Special Education. Candidates spend 45 hours in a school setting to gain experience with students with disabilities. This will be a collaborative experience between the candidate, the university supervisor, and the collaborating teacher. The collaborating teaching will be certified in special education and have at least two years experience teaching students with disabilities. While fully immersed in the school-based setting, the candidate will observe a variety of special education placements during the semester. The observations will focus on instructional techniques, assessments, and classroom management related to each student's IEP and identified disability.
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  • SPED 2100: Teac Student with Disabilities

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course focuses on the Practice of prevention and intervention in dealing with students who demonstrate academic deficiencies. It will prepare in-service and pre-service educators with the skills and knowledge to deliver and support instruction to students with disabilities in the classroom setting. Prerequisite: SPED 418. Offered each semester.
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  • SPED 2400: Managing Inc Environ

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course addresses classroom approaches to managing disruptive behaviors in inclusive settings. It emphasizes current research and effective practice on a continuum from proactive through intervention strategies. The course addresses issues of physical environment, daily routines, rules and appropriate consequences both natural and logical. This course is taken at the pre-candidacy level of a teacher candidate's program.
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  • SPED 2950: Pre-field

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This field experience provides students with an experience in the introduction of students with disabilities in a public school or alternative setting. Students participate in the education process by assisting in the planning, instruction, and classroom management of students under the supervision of a certified special educator in a public school or other approved educational setting.
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  • SPED 3000: Intro to Appl Behav Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Focuses on principles of applied behavior analysis in the assessment and treatment of behavioral excesses or deficiencies. Students will design programs to increase skill acquisition or reducing inappropriate behavior for either groups or individuals in special education, clinical settings, or rehabilitation settings.
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  • SPED 3010: Spc Learn Dis and Emo Beh Dis

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course focuses on the nature of specific learning disabilities and emotional and behavioral disorders and familiarizes the student with the classification systems and theoretical models. This course also emphasizes the history, etiology, characteristics, assessment and treatment/instructional approaches as they pertain to children and adolescents in classroom settings.
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  • SPED 3020: Intellectual & Physical Disabi

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course will cover biological, psychosocial, and educational implications of intellectual, physical disabilities and health impairments. This course provides information on etiology, assessment, programs, and educational strategies for students with intellectual, physical disabilities, and health impairments. Additionally, the course will address instruction, curricular adaptation, collaboration, advocacy, special services, equipment, and procedures for schools and community programs in working with students with these types of disabilities.
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  • SPED 3030: Intellectual Disabilites

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This is a comprehensive study of the biological, psychosocial, and educational implications of intellectual disabilities, including a consideration of etiology; assessment and diagnosis; educational programs, including preschool and post school; adult social and vocational adjustment; national and local programs, and research.
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  • SPED 3040: Phys Disab and Health Impair

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course is designed for undergraduate students who will serve students with physical disabilities, health impairments, and multiple disabilities. Therefore, this course provides identification and treatment of students with physical disabilities and health impairments, plus instruction, curricular adaptation, collaboration, advocacy, special services, equipment, and procedure for school and community programs for them. Survey of characteristics identification and intervention strategies related to physical disabilities, special health care needs, special services, equipment, and procedures for school and community programs. The course includes discussion, simulation, presentation, and survey reports pertaining to education, related services, and accommodations and modifications for individuals with physical disabilities and health impairments.
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  • SPED 3050: Early Intervention in Sp Ed

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course introduces the field of Early Childhood Special Education with a focus on the young child with disabilities. It emphasizes early intervention rationale, history, and identification of at-risk children. Relationship-building teaming with families approaches included. Also included are mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA).
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