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(SPED 300) Education of Exceptional Students

Overview of the history and development of special education including causes, identification, characteristics, and interventions of various exceptionalities.

Credit Hours 3.0 Lecture
Prerequisite EDU 200
Offered Fall, Winter, Spring
Programs -

Course Outcomes

  1. This course is designed to deepen your knowledge and understanding of—
    • The history of how societies have dealt with persons with disabilities,
    • The laws that govern special education.
  2. This course is designed to increase your ability to—
    • Recognize the instructional needs of individuals with disabilities,
    • Collaborate with other educators to help those with disabilities attain specified learning goals.
  3. This course is designed to help you develop a disposition to—
    • Resist ableism, to respect, and to love those with disabilities,
    • Help others to resist ableism, to respect, and to love those with disabilities,
    • Have confidence that those with disabilities to reach their full potential as children of God.