SPED 4/5455

Schedule

Course Calendar:

Date

Topic

Reading Assignments

Week 1

Introduction/Syllabus

Attitudes/Person First

Models of Delivery Service

Legislative Perspective

NTP statistics/APA handout

Practicum placements

 

Week  2

Transition Models

Self Determination

Person First Planning

Choices

Social Skills

Factors influencing development of secondary programs

Education Program Models

Issues and Trends in Secondary Education

 

Week 3

Career Education

Career Development Theories

National Goal #5

Purpose of Education

REI/Inclusion

Careers

Theories of Adolescence

Adolescent Development

 

Week 4

Collaboration Principles

Transition Teams

Birth-12 Transition Planning

Characteristics of adolescents with disabilities

 

Week 5

Cultural Diversity

VOED, SPED & REH

Interagency

Effective instruction

Classroom management at the secondary level

Self-management

 

Week 6

Assessments

Learned Helplessness

Academic/Functional Vocational Curriculum

Reading at the secondary level

 

Week 7

Teaching in Natural Settings

Community Based Programming

Technology

Written language instruction

 

Week 8

Service Coordination

MN IIIP-Family

Math and adolescents with disabilities

 

Week 9

Spring Break

 

Week 10

Transition Planning

Cognitive Training

Study Skills

 

Week 11

Self Determination

Social Skills/Interdependence

Assessment of social skills

Intervention methods

 

Week 12

World of work

Job Development

 

Week 13

FUN & Relaxation

 

Week 14

Postsecondary  options

 

Week 15

Adult Living

 

Week 16

Final