EDUG-716: Overview of Exceptionalities and Learning Strategies for Special Educators

This course provides an overview of various exceptionalities and the services offered in special education. The course is intended to give the student a foundation of knowledge about the nature and needs of children with special needs and introduce the student to causes and characteristics of specific disabilities, service delivery models, historical and current issues, legislation, research, trends, and controversies in special education. Building upon this foundation, students will examine models for teaching learning strategies--metacognitive strategies guiding the learning of content--for students with mild/moderate disabilities in grades K - 12. Students will examine educational research on content areas and will learn ways to assess students' understandings and to use the application of literacy and learning strategies in the assessment to plan for instruction.