Special Education (SPED) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the program at 610-758-3256.
Course Listings
Course# Course Title (Credit Hours) CRN Day/Time Location Session Instructor
| SPED 330-010 | Special Topics in SPED: Teaching Content to All: Inclusive Practices for Content Area Instruction (3) | 20613 | 7/1-3, 7/7-8 8:00am-4:00pm |
IA B23 | Open Learning | Fritschmann |
| SPED 332-010 | Education & Inclusion for Individuals with Special Needs (3) | 20096 | T/Th 4-7:00pm | IA B13 | First | Fritschmann |
| SPED 332-011 | Education & Inclusion for Individuals with Special Needs (3) | 20256 | T/Th 4-7:00pm | IA B13 | Second | McAllister |
| SPED 434-010/SCHP 434-010 | Applied Research Practicum (1-3) | 20093 | Hours arranged | First | Staff | |
| SPED 434-011/SCHP 434-011 | Applied Research Practicum (1-3) | 20253 | Hours arranged | Second | Staff | |
| SPED 444-010 | Classroom Management (3) | 20569 | 7/9-10, 7/13-15 8:00am-4:00pm |
IA B23 | Open Learning | Panahon |
| SPED 465-010 | Adv. Methods for Inclusion (3) | 20097 | M/W 4-7:00pm | IA B131 | First | Sokol |
| EDUC 495-015 | Independent Study in: SPED | 20091 | Hours arranged | First | Staff | |
| EDUC 495-022 | Independent Study in: SPED | 20250 | Hours arranged | Second | Staff |
Course Descriptions
Special Education
SPED 330. Special Topics in SPED: Teaching Content to All: INclusive Practices for Content Area Instruction: This course will include methods that every secondary teacher needs to know about instructing students with different learning needs. It will explain research-based teaching techniques and strategies based on understanding instructional goals rather than simply implementing isolated teaching tools. The strategic methods are easily adaptable across the curriculum by both general and special educators. The material can be adapted for the elementary grades.
SPED 332. Education and Inclusion for Individuals with Special Needs: Legal, educational and social issues related to the special education of individuals with mental retardation, physical disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, health impairments and those who are intellectually gifted. Emphasis will be on meeting the diverse needs of students in general education classrooms and settings.
SPED 434 (SCHP 434). Applied Research Practicum: Designing and conducting research projects in applied settings.
SPED 444. Classroom Management: Introduction to positive behavior support strategies to improve student behavior. Topics include school-wide and class-wide interventions and functional assessment to develop individualized behavior support plans. Prerequisite: Enrollment in special education program.
SPED 465. Advanced Methods for Inclusion: Advanced techniques for educating students with disabilities in general education based on current research and practice. Accommodations and planning for physical inclusion. Instructional inclusion through embedded instruction, adaptations, and curriculum overlapping. Decision hierarchies for level of instructional adaptation. Social inclusion methods through methods of social facilitation. Taught from a noncategorical perspective and addresses students with all levels of disability (e.g., mild and severe). Prerequisite: SpEd 332, admission to the special education program, or permission of instructor.
EDUC 495. Independent Study in (subtitle): Individual or small group study in the field of specialization.
Approved and supervised by the major adviser. May be repeated.