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  • Courses

    CFSP4336 Preschool Interventions

    This course examines strategies for intervention with young children with dis/abilities and developmental delays. The course will focus on cognitive, communication, emotional-social, and sensorimotor strategies. Students will investigate best practices that include evidence-based strategies for intervention, and transdisciplinary supports for inclusive preschool learning environments. Furthermore, this course will focus on consultative and collaborative skills needed to support Early Childhood Professionals to include children with dis/abilities and developmental delays in early learning environments. Students will have the opportunity to visit different models of preschool environments and work with a child and family to practice routine-based and play-based interventions.

    TEP 4010 Foundations of Special Education

    This course serves as the foundation for understanding children with disabilities and dis/abilities, as well as the philosophies, laws and policies that support the students.  To be responsive to the diverse strengths, needs, and experiences children bring to the classroom, educators need a foundational knowledge of special education and opportunities that can influence student learning. We emphasize a strengths-based perspective and provide pedagogy for supporting for all learners. We introduce the classroom teacher’s role in understanding the Individual Education Program (IEP) process, designing lesson plans and inclusive practices based on differentiated and universal design learning instructional strategies and working collaboratively with families and interdisciplinary teams. In addition, we introduce potential commonalities of students with high-incidence disabilities, the history and legal aspects of Special Education and the Response to Intervention Model (RtI)/Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).

    CUI 4051 Seminar in Dissertation

    Individualized assistance in developing the dissertation topic, issue, problem; guidance in preparation for proposal orals and application to the Institution Review Board (IRB), direction for dissertation chapter organization, writing, and completion. This seminar is targeted for the student who needs support in completing the dissertation.

    CFSP 4330: Family School Partnering and Consultation

    This course is designed to familiarize educational, mental health, and early childhood service providers with essential attitudes, approaches, and actions necessary to form successful family-school-community partnerships that can foster development and learning, especially for children with disabilities. Ecological, family systems and family-centered theory and principles serve as the foundation for working collaboratively with families from diverse cultural and social backgrounds within school and community settings. Students gain skills in family interviewing; consultation to identify family strengths, needs, and resources; collaborative problem-solving; and multi-systemic learning. Evidence-based family involvement, education, and intervention strategies contribute to positive family-school partnering relationships are reviewed within a multi-tiered, school-based service delivery framework.

    CFSP 4315: Professional, Leadership, & Ethical Issues in Special Education: Birth to 21

    This course provides students with an understanding of the roles & responsibilities of an Early Childhood Special Education Specialist and Special Education Generalist. This course serves as the foundation for students who are interested in pursuing a profession in special education and working with children with disabilities from birth to 21 years.  This course includes the ethical and professional practice standards and understanding of the multiple roles and complex situations across a wide age and developmental ranges. This course also briefly covers the historical laws and legal issues associated with the profession. The course also highlights why special educators engage in professional activities and learning communities that benefit individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, colleagues, and their own professional growth. This course promotes the idea that special educators are lifelong learners and regularly reflect on and adjust their practice.

  • DU Chair Symposium July 2019

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