EDSP 210

Introduction to Special Education (3 credits) (Fink)
Class Standing: Freshman or Sophomore or permission of department. Not open to students who have completed EDSP470. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP210 or EDSP470.
Characteristics and needs of individuals receiving special education and related services. Current issues and practices in special education.

Section 0101 (Fink)

Functional Assessment and Instruction in Special Education (3 credits) (Kohl)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. 3 semester hours. Also offered as EDSP602. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP400 or EDSP602.
Functional assessment procedures and instructional methods for students with severe disabilities from birth to adulthood.

Field Placement: Severe Disabilities (2-5 credits) (Butler)
Pre- or corequisites: {EDSP400 and EDSP404} or permission of department.
Practicum experience in settings serving students who have severe disabilities. Enrollment limited to those admitted to the "severe disabilities" specialty area.  Field placement is for two to five half-days per week.

Field Placement I (1 credits) (Brown & Fink)
Restricted to students with the following major codes: EDSP, and 0808P. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP322 or EDSP406. Formerly EDSP 322.
Practicum experience in special education.

Behavior and Classroom Management in Special Education (3 credits) (P. Livelli)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP613. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP321, EDSP413, or EDSP613. Formerly EDSP 321.
Use of applied behavior analysis for assessment of behavior and learning environments. Design of behavior and classroom management of students in special education.

Characteristics of Infants & Young Children: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credits) (Beckman & Newcomb)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP626. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP420 or EDSP626.
Focus on developmental, behavioral, and learning characteristics of infants and young children with and without disabilities.

Field Placement III: Early Childhood Special Education (4 credits) (Newcomb)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only.
Practicum experience in early childhood special education. Field placement for three half days per week.

Field Placement Handbook

Curriculum and Instruction: Early Childhood Special Education (3 credits) (Lieber)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP627. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP422 or EDSP627.
Curriculum and instruction for young children with mild and moderate disabilities, preschool through primary grades.

Field Placement III: Middle/Secondary Special Education (4 credits) (Merchant & Jamison)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only.
Practicum experience in middle and secondary special education. Field placement for three half days per week.

Field Placement Handbook

EDSP 450 Inclusive Practices in the Schools (3 credits) (Gruber)
Also offered as EDSP606. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP450, EDSP606, or EDSP788P.
Educational practices regarding inclusive education in the schools for students with and without disabilities.

EDSP 451 Curriculum and Instruction: Elementary Special Education (3 credits) (De La Paz)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP652. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP451 or EDSP652.
Methods for instruction of students with disabilities in the general education curriculum. Collaboration with other professionals is included.

EDSP 452 Field Placement III: Elementary Special Education (4 credits) (Merchant & Jamison)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only.
Practicum experience in elementary special education. Field placement for three half days per week.

Field Placement Handbook

EDSP 455 Assessment in Elementary Special Education (3 credits) (Staff)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP654. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP455 or EDSP654.
Focus on selection, administration, and interpretation of assessment tools and results for designing instruction and evaluating progress of elementary students in special education.

Introduction to Special Education (3 credits)
Not open to students who have completed EDSP210. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP210 or EDSP470.
Designed to give an understanding of the needs of all types of exceptional children.

Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction: Middle/Secondary Special Education (3 credits) (Maccini)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP677. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP477 or EDSP677.
Methods and assessment practices for effective instruction in middle and secondary content areas for students in special education.

Cultural Diversity and Disability (3 credits) (Leone)
For 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP681. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP481, EDSP499C, EDSP678C, or EDSP681. Formerly EDSP499C. .
A study of diversity issues within special education, with attention to uses of race, culture, and disability as they pertain to teaching, learning, and social justice.

Literacy Approaches for At-Risk Adolescents (3 credits) (Danehey)
Pre- or corequisite: EDHD426 or permission of department. Also offered as EDSP682. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP482, EDSP488R, EDSP682, or EDSP788R. Formerly EDSP488R.
Provides approaches to teaching reading in the content areas for secondary students with disabilities.

Reading and Writing Instruction in Special Education II (3 credits) (Silverman)
Prequisite: EDSP416. For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP484 or EDSP684.
Focus on the development of reading and writing programs for students in special education. Builds on foundations established in EDSP416.

Family Partnerships in Special Education (3 credits) (Moon)
For EDSP or 0808P majors only. Also offered as EDSP687. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP330, EDSP487, or EDSP687. Formerly EDSP 330.
Strategies for communicating and working with families of students with disabilities.

Special Problems in Special Education (1-6 credits) (Molloy)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Available only to education majors who have definite plans for individual study of approved problems. Credit according to extent of work.

Special Problems in Special Education: An International Perspective on Poverty, Risk, and Disability in Developing Countries (3 credits) (Canceled)

Workshops, Clinics, and Institutes in Special Education (3 credits) (Drakeford)
Credit will be granted for only one of othe following: EDSP499W or EDSP607.

Exceptional Children and Youth (3 credits) (Neubert)
Prerequisite: 9 hours in special education and permission of department.
Examines research relevant to the education of exceptional children and youth.

Legal and Policy Foundations of Special Education; (3 credits) (McLaughlin) (CANCELED)
Prerequisite: Ppermission of Instructor.
Regulatory and statutory foundations for public policies addressing the education of children and youth with disabilities.

Graduate Internship in Special Edcuation I: Early Childhood; (2-4 credits) (Greig)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP431 or EDSP 691 Formerly EDSP431. .Students must reserve three half-days per week for internship in early childhood speical education. Students must reserve three half-days (8-1) for this experience.

Graduate Internship in Special Edcuation I: Elementary; (2-4 credits) (Williams)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP436 or EDSP 693 Formerly EDSP436. .Students must reserve three half-days per week for internship in secondary middle speical education.

Graduate Internship in Special Edcuation I: Secondary-Middle; (2-4 credits) (Ulf)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP436 or EDSP 693 Formerly EDSP436. .Students must reserve three half-days per week for internship in secondary middle speical education.

EDSP 860 Doctoral Research Seminar (3 credits) (Lieber)
Issues and procedures relevant to conducting and analyzing research in special education.

EDSP 872 Theory and Empirical Design in Special Education Research (3 credits) (Speece)
Prerequisite: EDMS 645 or permission of department For Doctorial Students Only. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: EDSP 672 or EDSP 872. Formerly EDSP 672.
Design and evaluation of quantitative research in special education across disabilities and ages.