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  • SPED 4250: Student Teaching

    0.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course (and its mirrored second section SPED 4240) provides for observation and participation in teaching students with disabilities as well as the performance of a teacher's work tasks.
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  • SPED 4260: Clinical Practice

    0.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This practicum places teacher candidates into field settings involving people with high incidence disabilities who use an individualized curriculum. Teacher candidates will match instruction with learner, goal, and curriculum characteristics; identify and implement appropriate instructional strategies and sequences; and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction.
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  • SPED 4270: Clin Prac for Low Inc Disab

    1.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This practicum places teacher candidates into field settings involving people with low incidence disabilities who use an individualized independence curriculum. Teacher candidates will match instruction with learner, goal, and curriculum characteristics; identify and implement appropriate instructional strategies and sequences; and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction.
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  • SPED 4300: Life Transit and Partnership

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This seminar is designed to offer rigorous exploration and critical analysis of contemporary issues influencing the lifelong learning, development and sociocultural experiences of people on the autism spectrum. The course addresses core professional competencies in autism related knowledge and practice: (1) Transition, vocational and independent living, (2) Sexuality, (3) Family support and partnerships, (4) School and community partnerships; (5) professional literacy and leadership.
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  • SPED 4400: Navigate Social World

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This seminar is designed to provide preparation in methods to enhance socialization, communication and imagination in diverse learners with ASD. The course merges the theoretical understanding of the "triad of impairments" as defining features of autism with practical modes of assessment and intervention.
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  • SPED 4410: Field Experience

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This field experience provides students with an intensive experience in the instruction of students with disabilities in a public school or alternative setting. Students participate in the education process by assisting in the assessment, planning, instruction, and classroom management of students under the supervision of a certified special educator in a public school or other approved educational setting. This course must be taken in conjunction with the Special Education Block.
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  • SPED 4500: Found of Behavior Analy & CLM

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This interdisciplinary course will provide you with the foundational concepts, principles and methods of Behavior Analysis which form the building blocks of the Competent Learner Model (CLM). You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the CLM tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 4600: ABA/CLM Inst Proced and Tools

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This interdisciplinary course will provide you with the key evidence based instructional methods for making learning valuable to all learners and ensuring consistent participation during all instructional conditions. You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide professional quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the Competent Learner Model (CLM) tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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  • SPED 4630: Instructional Strategies II

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    This course studies the research-based interventions for individuals with special needs including English Language Learners in the subject areas of mathematics, science, and social studies. Interventions include application of the universal design for learning with adaptations in the areas of instructional strategies, curriculum, materials, assessment, and classroom environment.
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  • SPED 4700: ABA/CLM Prog Curr Des and Mon

    3.00 Credits
    Pennsylvania Western University

    Applied Behavior Analysis/Competent Learner Model (ABA/CLM) Program Curriculum Design and Monitoring is the third competency-based course in a five to seven course sequence Leading to the ABA/CLM Advanced Competency Certificate. This interdisciplinary course will provide you with an in-depth practice using ABA/Direct Instruction(DI)/Precision Teaching (PT) design principles for developing individualized programming for your learners/clients. In addition, you will identify and analyze the strength of ABA/DI/PT design elements in CLM and other curricular resources and monitor fidelity of instructional delivery related to adherence to adherence to the evidence-based design. This knowledge and practice will serve as basis for making good design decisions when customizing curricula to learner needs and monitoring the effects of individualized programming. You will acquire knowledge and competencies needed to provide professional quality behavior analytic services in a variety of settings and specialized training to utilize the Competent Learner Model (CLM) tools to support your work. This course is designed for students and professionals interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)/Board Certified assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) and a CLM Certified Instructor/Coach and is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of education, psychology behavior analysis and other human service fields who work in current of future CLM implementations.
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