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As part of the teacher education program, the student demonstrates in public school classrooms the abilities to draw on deep content knowledge in order to plan, implement and evaluate curriculum; to foster and to assess student learning; to identify and plan for the needs of diverse learners; to contribute to the educational life of the school and community.

As part of the teacher education program, the student demonstrates in public school classrooms the abilities to draw on deep content knowledge in order to plan, implement and evaluate curriculum; to foster and to assess student learning; to identify and plan for the needs of diverse learners; to contribute to the educational life of the school and community.

This foundational course explores law relevant to special education, examines the nature and characteristics of disabilities, and introduces a response to intervention model for identifying and serving students with disabilities. This course meets state requirements of Georgia House Bill 671.

This course familiarizes pre-service teachers with cultural, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, disability, and language differences they can expect to encounter in the classroom and in working with families. Perhaps just as important, this course asks pre-service teachers to explore and critique their own cultural identities, to investigate how their lenses are similar to, or different from, those of their students as they begin to critically examine power, privilege, and marginalization in schools.

Prerequisite: EDEX 3110. Focus on the nature and characteristics of students with mild disabilities on general curriculum. Emphasis will be placed on the educational implications of the characteristics and the development of appropriate individualized education plans to address student needs.

Legal issues as they relate to school based populations with disabilities are explored in conjunction with field placement classes.

Curriculum and methods for academic and social instruction of students with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and mild intellectual disabilities.

Discussion of the speech and language problems in the mentally retarded. Reviews of the literature, psycho linguistic theory, verbal communication skills, and language development program are offered.

Prerequisite: EDRD 3500. The central purpose of this course is to teach special education pre-service teachers to select, examine, develop, and practice the application of research based interventions in content area reading and writing.