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SPED 626 LANGUAGE AND READING DEVELOPMENT
Former course number 526 Prerequisites: SPED 511
Credits: 3
Students compare, adapt, and conduct formal and informal
assessments in oral and written language for use with mildly and
moderately disabled elementary and middle school children. Methods,
materials, and cognitive strategies and concepts are explored, adapted,
and designed for classroom use in all language areas, with particular
emphasis on reading.

SPED 629 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM: ASSESSMENT,
COLLABORATION, AND INTERVENTION
Former course number 529 Prerequisites: SPED 511, 540
Credits: 3
Students explore the contributions of various professional and auxiliary
disciplines to individual educational programming and development of
disabled children. Information from other disciplines and strategies for
effective interdisciplinary communication are examined.

SPED 649 SPECIAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS AND
LIFESTYLES
Former course number 549 Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
Students explore the concepts, methods, materials, assessment, and
transition strategies used in recreational and life-centered career
education for culturally diverse students with disabilities. In order to
maximize the productive inclusion and collaboration of student, family,
professional, and community for children and youth with mild or
moderate special needs, effective instruction, behavioral management,
and flexible programming designs are presented.

SPED 716 PRACTICUM IN SPECIAL EDUCATION II
Former course number 516 Prerequisites: SPED 507, 502, 517,
626, 539
Credits: 3
Students demonstrate selected competencies under faculty supervision
during fieldwork with disabled children at the elementary and middle
school levels.

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