SPED 231 - Introduction to Special Education

2024-2025 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course provides an overview of the historical, social, and legal foundations of special education, with an emphasis on the major categories of disabilities, as defined in state and federal special education laws and regulations, across all grades (levels Pre K - grade 12). Teacher candidates will be introduced to the terminology, etiology, and characteristics of high and low incidence disabilities, as well as contemporary issues associated with assessing, identifying, remediating, and serving the needs of diverse learners with exceptionalities and their families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Placement options and collaborative teaching models will be introduced, and teacher candidates will gain a broad understanding of individualized education programs and differentiated instructional practices designed to engage students across all grades in meaningful learning activities that address New York learning standards and other professional standards. This course meets the New York State core requirements for understanding the needs of students with autism. Candidates must receive a letter grade of C- or higher to move to Block II. Candidates will be allowed one retake of this course due to failure or withdrawal.

Permission of Instructor
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): INTD 203
Restricted to: Major in either pre SPED/Childhood or SPED/Childhood

Class Restriction: Freshman, Sophomore
Repeatable: Not repeatable
Offered: Every Semester