SPE 333 Assessment/Instructional Design: Evidence Based Effective Instruction: Specific Learning Disabilities

Fall/Spring

This core course in special education will examine specific learning disabilities, a heterogeneous group of disabilities manifested by significant difficulties in acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities due to central nervous system dysfunction in studentsN-8. Content will focus on (a) the psychological processes that interfere with learning; (b) the formal diagnostic process, (c) development and implementation of individual education plans (IEPs), (d) the assessment-teaching process using the clinical teaching model, task analysis and curriculum-based assessment, and research-based instructional strategies. Prerequisite: PSY 100 or PSY 227.

3 credit hours