SPED 593 Special Needs in Inclusive Environment
This course in identifying students with special needs as outlined in PL 108-446 (i.e., learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, physical impairments, other health impairments, sensory impairments, communication disorders, behavioral disorders, autism, and traumatic brain injury) and PL 95-561 (i.e., gifted and talented). Emphasis will be placed upon the inclusion concept, teaming approaches, an overview of working as a team with the general education teachers, other specialists, and administration through building a collaboration plan, reviewing individual education plans, and the use of modifications and adaptions within an inclusive environment in general education classrooms.