| COURSE NUMBER: |
EDUC 341 |
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| COURSE TITLE: |
Psychology of Exceptional Children and Adolescents |
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| NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: |
Bernice Stieva |
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| CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3 (hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 1 - hrs lab 0) |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION: |
This course provides an overview of the major intellectual,
academic, emotional, behavioural, sensory and physical exceptionalities
that are encountered in classroom settings. Course participants will
learn about the challenges and joys these exceptionalities pose for
teaching and learning. Students will also examine such topics as the
identification and diagnosis of these exceptionalities and the
preparation of appropriate Individualized Educational Programs
(I.E.P.s). Through the seminar component, participants will become
familiar with learners with exceptionalities through credited volunteer
activities. This course is open only to students in the B. Ed. (AD)
Elementary and Secondary Programs.
Prerequisites: EDUC 351 or 353 |
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| REQUIRED TEXTS: |
- Winzer, M (2008) Children with exceptionalities in Canadian classrooms. Pearson Education: Toronto.
- Government of Alberta Education (2010). Making a difference: Meeting diverse learning needs with differentiated instruction. Alberta Ministry: Alberta.
Also, Alberta Education has many helpful resources available including:
- Special Education Resources
- Standards for Special Education, amended June 2004
- Special Education Coding Criteria
- Assistive Technology for Learning (ATL) available at http://education.alberta.ca/
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| ADDITIONAL RESOURCE: |
DSM IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Washington, D.C.:
American Psychiatric Association |
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| MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
| Comparative Reflection | 15% |
| Scavenger Hunt | 10% | | Exceptionality presentation | 25% |
| Summative Presentation: Case study & I.P.P. | 30% |
| Participation & Final Reflection - including posting on Moodle | 20% | |
| 100% |
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| COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
Students will:
- explore a Biblical view of children with exceptionalities and learning.
- develop
an awareness of the changing philosophical, historical, cultural,
social and psychological contexts in which special education has
developed, including the evolution of understanding, attributes and
treatments of exceptionalities in children and adolescents
- discover the implications of an inclusive learning environment to teaching and learning
- recognize the etiology of various exceptionalities and explore possible interventions
- develop
their understandings of how children with exceptionalities learn
differently and apply this knowledge, providing intervention for
student success using UDL and DI
- become more aware of the current issues in the education of children of exceptionalities in the Albertan and Canadian context
- with
guidance, begin to apply the knowledge from the course in a one-to-one
teaching situation with a student who is struggling in school
- work collaboratively, sharing their expertise/challenges with each other in a community of grace
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| COURSE OUTLINE: | - Introduction - Setting the Course
- Inclusion: Historical Context
- Issues & trends in Canadian Special Education
- The concept of “difference”
- Inclusion: Changes now…
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Differentiated Instruction (DI)
- Risk factors and etiology for children with exceptionalities
- Pyramid of intervention
- Learner Profiles
- Infants, Preschoolers, School Aged and Youth: Considering the needs of the other family members
- Differentiated instruction and interventions
- Assistive technologies
- Student Presentations - Visual Impairments
- Student Presentations - Speech & Language Differences
- Student Presentations - Hearing Differences
- Student Presentations - Sensory Processing Disorder
- Student Presentations - Neurological impairments (Tourettes & Fetal Alchohol Syndrome)
- Student Presentations - ADD & ADHD
- Student Presentations - Behavioural Disorders
- Student Presentations - PDD, Autism & Asperger's
- Student Presentations - Gifted & Talented
- Student Presentations - Intellectual Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities
- IPPs
- Working with para-professionals
- Transitions - Considering the needs of other family members
- Parent Presentation
- Bringing it all together
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