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EDU 586: Special Education Student Assessment and Evaluations (4)
Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 2007
Five Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course familiarizes you with ways to evaluate the Present Levels of Educational Performance (PLOEP) of special education students as it relates to their eligibility criteria for IDEA. You learn about students’ acquisition of information and mastery of skills through a variety of learning modes, styles and instructional methods. The course includes alternate strategies of assessment of academic performance for EALRs in the WASL and accommodating for special populations.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 584: Individual Educational Plan (IEP) and Accommodations for EALRs/WASL for Diverse Student Populations (4)
Nov. 10, 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2007
Five Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course focuses on the core principles of writing an IEP with particular reference to the EALRs and their relationship to the WASL for meeting diverse student needs. You explore specific approaches to planning academic and behavior goals as a result of differences in information processing, ethnic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds for optimal accommodations in least restrictive classroom environments.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 589-1: Issues in Curriculum Modifications, Instructional Methods for Inclusion (4)
Jan. 5, 12, 19, Feb. 2, 2008
Five Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1310, includes $30 materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course provides you with the philosophy of special education curricula and its integration of developmentally appropriate concepts. You explore the rational and current approaches to orchestrating a brain-based learning environment. Also covered are specifics of IEP development with respect to behavioral and academic goals and objectives geared to the "at-risk learner," material selection, adaptation and modification of instructional strategies for inclusion.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 583-1: A Spectrum of Learners: Exceptionality (4)
Feb. 16, 23, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 2008
Five Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course explores the concept of exceptionality: identification and its definition/nature, and the extent and impact on the classroom environment and teaching. You discuss the identification and management of specific handicapping conditions such as visual and hearing impairment, autism, Asperger's syndrome, Tourette's Syndrome and other neuroleptic conditions. The range of exceptionality includes giftedness, artistic ability, creativity and cultural uniqueness.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 593-1: Functional Behavior Analysis and Strategies for Teaching Pre-Social Skills in the Least Restrictive Environment (4)
March 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2008
Five Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
In this course, you gain an understanding of the philosophies and common approaches to functional behavior analysis. You discuss and analyze effective strategies for management of behavior from a non-behaviorist approach. Additional topics include conceptual frameworks for teaching pre-social skills that enhance emotional IQ for special and at-risk populations, assessment and implementation of behavior goals and objectives, showing how they relate to IEP and objectives related to "Communication" under EALRs.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 594-1: Special Education and the Law (5)
(Variable credits available)
May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2008
Six Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $1630 which includes materials fee for 5 credits
$2280, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course addresses the principles of organization and management in special education from congressional to state to district mandates. You study the factors for compliance with procedural and legal issues in delivering services in special education, including federal and state laws, referral processes, assessment, FAPE, least restrictive environments, accommodations, labeling guidelines, funding options, the rights and privileges of parents, and confidentiality under Public Law 94-142, Public Law 99-457 (IDEA) and Section 504. We will also discuss strategies of efficient time management, record keeping and active collaboration with paraprofessionals and parents. The primary purpose of the course is to conceive a Predict and Prevent Plan as a proactive way of avoiding legal problems by mediation rather than litigation.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 507: Methods, Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education (4)
Offered again summer 2008.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
You explore the concept of critical periods of the development and sensory integration of the nervous system from conception to pre-school years. The course focuses on the central role of caregivers in bonding and emotional growth of children, the benchmarks in early development as they relate to the prevention of learning deficits and the elementary concepts of nutrition for optimal development of the brain including the immune system.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 508L: Language Acquisition and Literacy Issues (4)
Offered again summer 2008.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course explores assessing and addressing the difficulties experienced by special needs children with both expressive and receptive language. Issues in relation to mastering language and literacy skills are explored from a developmental perspective. You consider the needs of students with communication disorders from varied linguistics backgrounds and discuss strategies for instructional and curriculum adaptation for both oral and written communication in an inclusive classroom.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 585: Student in Context: Families, Communities and Futures (4)
Offered again summer 2008.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course defines the essentials of an Individual Family Services Plan (IFSP). You learn the central role of the family in terms of its commitment, obligation and responsibility in developing an IEP. The course emphasizes understanding family systems as they relate to school, family and community partnerships in delivering special education services and transition planning for post-school and career outcomes. You learn about and practice communication strategies with parents from a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds to function in the role of advocates for their children.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDU 539C: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Issues in Special Education (4)
Offered again summer 2008.
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course examines the demographic challenges faced by educators in the learning environment on a range of diversity matters, including race, culture, ethnicity, language, religions and exceptionality as defined by Washington. You examine proven models of equalizing educational opportunities in a classroom for diversity and methods of integrating curriculum goals (e.g. pre-social learning) across content areas in the EALRs.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDSP520L: Specially Designed Instruction and Alternative Strategies of Delivery for Special Needs Population (4)
Individually scheduled
Cost: $1310 which includes materials fee
$1830, includes $30 materials fee, (to apply credit to a masters degree)
This course familiarizes you with the existing alternate systems of delivering services in the least restrictive environment. You examine a variety of alternative methods of adapting curriculum materials in all content areas. The course focuses on modifying the existing teaching strategies to suit the specific need of the handicapping condition or behavior in a group or individual setting in inclusive classrooms without compromising the goals of the general curriculum areas.
Instructors: Pattabi Raman and team
EDSP530A: Supervised Field Internship/Practicum in Special Education (3)
Course dates and times determined in collaboration with the instructor.
Cost: $960
Prerequisite: at least 25 credits in the Antioch Special Education endorsement program.
The supervised internship/practicum is intended to demonstrate the transfer of skills and knowledge gained through the Special Education endorsement into the classroom/school setting. You gain a first-hand experience in the process of collaboration, teaming, partnerships, record keeping and also supervision of para-educators.
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