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SPED 716 Practicum II in Special Education

Total 36 Credits

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.

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.

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