SPE 3340 - Diverse Learners

3 Credit Hour(s)

The course provides general and special education teacher candidates with an overview of exceptional students found within current general and special education classrooms. Examples of exceptional students are 1) receiving services through IDEA, 2) identified as at-risk for academic and/or behavioral failure, 3) outside of the social majority, or 4) struggling with social and emotional risk factors. The class introduces teacher candidates to key terminology and procedures in IDEA and Civil Rights Laws.