SED 362 Methods and Strategies for Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities

4 credit hours

During this course the student will examine research based learning programs and identify matches between students’ needs and program strengths. Modifications and accommodations to the basic skill areas in standard curricula in K-12 settings will be studied. In addition the student will develop skills to design, implement and evaluate remedial programs, adaptation techniques, and activities for students with learning disabilities. Assessment, both norm referenced and criterion referenced, will be explored. Discussed in this class will be the construction of age appropriate environments. Thirty clock hours of field experience in a setting with children with learning disabilities are required.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Teacher Education Program and SED 361 Introduction to Learning Disabilities
Course is Offered: WI 2020