EDSP 389. Issues and Topics in Special Education

Three credits

This course will offer a colloquium for constructive exploration of specialized topics in the field of special education. Preservice teachers will be given the opportunity to pursue independent issues relative to their endeavor as special educators, as well as finalizing their position statements about Pennsylvania Department of Education professional competencies. Competencies will be integrated with specific skills and performances which will serve as the summative experience of all education coursework prior to the student teaching experience. A special education teacher handbook will be implemented as the primary vehicle for reviewing and reinforcing skills in the critical areas of assessment, inclusion, IEP development, discipline, management, transition, organization, planning, collaboration, and professional/personal development. (This should be the final EDSP course or in conjunction with the final EDSP course.)

Prerequisites: ED 190, ED 200, ED 210, ED 220.