SPED 586 Learning Disabilities
This course will include identification, characteristics, and delivery of services for children, youth, and other individuals with learning and related disabilities. A heavy emphasis will be placed on creating and modifying learning environments and adapting instructional strategies to meet the needs of students in inclusive early childhood, elementary and secondary settings. Students will identify and research an area of professional practice they would like to improve and use course concepts, content knowledge, and research practices to create an action intervention plan for use in the associated practicum. Students will focus on best practices and methods related as well as computer assisted instruction and technological equipment appropriate to varied learning needs.