CHFD312  - Special Needs Students

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This course focuses on theory and practical approaches to understanding and providing accommodations for students with special needs. Students will be presented with an overview of the characteristics of the most prevalent types of disabilities, as well as the laws that protect and best educational practices for children with disabilities. Students will examine the methods to teach, as well as the documents that provide the legal basis for meeting the needs for an appropriate education for this population.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

N/A

Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
09/26/11 - 02/26/12 03/05/12 - 04/29/12 Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 05/27/12 Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 07/01/12 Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session
12/26/11 - 05/27/12 06/04/12 - 07/29/12 Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
01/30/12 - 06/24/12 07/02/12 - 08/26/12 Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session
02/27/12 - 07/29/12 08/06/12 - 09/30/12 Summer 2012 Session I - 8 Week session
03/26/12 - 08/26/12 09/03/12 - 10/28/12 Summer 2012 Session D - 8 Week session
04/30/12 - 09/23/12 10/01/12 - 11/25/12 Fall 2012 Session B - 8 Week session
05/28/12 - 10/28/12 11/05/12 - 12/30/12 Fall 2012 Session I - 8 Week session
06/25/12 - 11/25/12 12/03/12 - 01/27/13 Fall 2012 Session D - 8 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today's Schools, 6th Ed
ISBN: 0135026962
Publication Info: Pearson
Author: Turnbull, Ann
Unit Cost: $126.00

Book Title: The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 0399531653
Publication Info: Perigee Trade; Revised edition (April 4, 2006)
Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz
Unit Cost: $11.25

 
 
 

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