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Program Goals

The student shall:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to the philosophical,
historical, and legal foundations of special education.

2. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to characteristics of learners
with and without exceptional learning needs, including those from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; the implications of
those individual difference; and the effects of the child’s cultural milieu.
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3. Demonstrate knowledge formal assessment instruments used for
identification of disability and of informal assessment, diagnosis, and
evaluation procedures (academic, cognitive, communicative, social-
emotional, and physical) used for IEP development and ongoing
instructional revision. The use of performance-based assessment data
is emphasized to monitor ongoing educational progress and to guide
instructional decision-making.

4. Demonstrate knowledge and skills of both general and special curricular
necessary to develop instructional content and appropriate practice in
response to individual needs of learners.

5. Demonstrate the knowledge and use of best practices and technology
for effective management and modification of teaching and learning
environments to accommodate individual learning needs.

6. Demonstrate knowledge and skills related to managing student
behavior and the support of intercultural social interaction skills
development.

7. Demonstrate appropriate communication with parents and students
from diverse backgrounds in order to assist them in becoming active
collaborators in the educational partnership.

8. Demonstrate knowledge of effective collaboration approaches among
professionals, community and family members and particularly
between general and special education professionals.

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