Coursework and Practicum
Project trainees enroll in courses designed to meet general competencies in
behavioral assessment, traditional assessment, and consultation procedures.
Other courses focus specifically on the assessment, intervention, and systems
consultation techniques used in working with students with LID.
|
Semester |
Course (# credits) |
|---|---|
| Fall | SchP 402 - Applied Behavior Analysis (3) SchP 412/431 - Consultation Procedures & Practica (3) SpEd 418 - Life Skills and Transition Strategies (3) SchP 429a - Seminar: Low Incidence Disabilities (1) SchP 429b - Seminar: Diversity Sensitive Consulting (1) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
| Spring | SchP 422/432 - Assessment of Intelligence & Practica (4) SpEd 426 - Inclusion for Low Incidence Disabilities (3) SpEd 428 - Positive Behavior Support (3) SchP 429a - Seminar: Low Incidence Disabilities (1) SchP 429b - Seminar: Diversity Sensitive Consulting (1) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
| Summer | Educ 471 - Multicultural Issues (3) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
|
Semester |
Course (# credits) |
|---|---|
| Fall | SchP 423/433 - Behavioral Assessment & Practica (4) SchP 412/431 - Consultation Procedures & Practica (3) SpEd 418 - Life Skills and Transition Strategies (3) SchP 429a - Seminar: Low Incidence Disabilities (1) SchP 429b - Seminar: Diversity Sensitive Consulting (1) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
| Spring | SchP 422/432 - Assmt & Intvn in Educ Consultation & Practica (4) SpEd 426 - Inclusion for Low Incidence Disabilities (3) SpEd 428 - Positive Behavior Support (3) SchP 429a - Seminar: Low Incidence Disabilities (1) SchP 429b - Seminar: Diversity Sensitive Consulting (1) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
| Summer | Educ 471 - Multicultural Issues (3) SchP 437 - Practicum in Low Incidence Disabilities (1) |
Project trainees also develop specialization
through a variety of other course and practicum experiences:
• Weekly seminars
• Specific training to work with
individuals who are culturally/linguistically diverse
• Practicum
experiences in special education, general education, and community
settings
• Development of product portfolios, brochures, and videotaped
demonstrations
• Dissemination of knowledge and skills
Click to view a sample inclusion plan (in a new
window).
Practicum
Project trainees spend their
first semester (240 clock hours; 4 hours per day, 4 days per week) working in
two special education classrooms for students with LID. This provides
opportunities to develop competencies related to the assessment, intervention,
and instruction of students with LID.
Trainees spend their second
semester (240 clock hours; 4 hours per day, 4 days per week) facilitating the
development, evaluation, and implementation of inclusion plans for students from
these same classrooms. In their role as integration consultants, trainees
work with the special education and general education personnel to build system
capacity for successfully including these students with LID in general education
classrooms.
Examples of practicum activities
included:
• Teaching organization skills (using locker, following
daily schedules)
• Providing instructional support, parallel curriculum,
and efforts to actively modify
the general education
curriculum
• Use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
techniques
to support individuals with visual impairments and
multiple disabilities
• Consultation with classroom staff to support
newly acquired communication skills
via AAC in community-based
settings
• Social skills instruction using 1:1 and peer tutoring
arrangements
• Consultation with teachers to facilitate the
generalization of social skills across school
and vocational
settings
• Instruction of functional reading skills that include
choice-making to enhance
daily living activities and sight
words to facilitate transition between classes
• Conducting a functional behavior assessment to understand a frequent
and
complicated set of behaviors with a kindergarten boy with autism and challenging
behaviors
• Consultation and collaboration with the special education
teacher to communicate FBA data
and develop appropriate
intervention
A project trainee and
student enjoy roller skating
in the community.