Overview of the Course

ESE548 - Survey of Special Education

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TEXTBOOK READING: Readings
ASSIGNMENT 1: Prepare Folders and Write Summaries
RESEARCH ACTIVITY 1: Case Study
RESEARCH ACTIVITY 2: Research Questions
ON-LINE READING 1: Human Being, Human Nature
ASSIGNMENT 2: Reflect on the reading, Human Being, Human Nature
ON-LINE READING 2: Child Development (optional)
EXAM: Module Exam

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ASSIGNMENT 1: Laws and Courtcases
ASSIGNMENT 2: Review Arizona statutes
GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1: Discuss IDEA '97
ASSIGNMENT 3: Depose the Participants
ASSIGNMENT 4: Teacher as Peace Maker

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TEXTBOOK: Read the material in the Smith text, specifically Chapters 2 and 3, pp. 43-78; 82-120
ON-LINE READING 1: Child Study Team
ASSIGNMENT 1: In the Spirit of IDEA '97
ON-LINE READING 2: Services
ASSIGNMENT 2: Steps of the IEP Process
ASSIGNMENT 3: About the IEP Process
ASSIGNMENT 4: Changes in the Education with Special Needs
ASSIGNMENT 5: Ten Questions
ASSIGNMENT 6: Help Julia!
ASSIGNMENT 7: Write your own Ending
ASSIGNMENT 8: Essay-Second Language Acquisition

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TEXTBOOK READING: Click here
ON-LINE LESSON 1: Exploring Distant Galaxies
ASSIGNMENT 1: Let your Fingers do the Walking
ON-LINE LESSON 2: Commander Troy's Secret Weapons for IEP team change
ASSIGNMENT 2: Secret Weapons Files I Reviewed
ASSIGNMENT 3: IEP Scenarios
ON-LINE LESSON 3: Sniffing Out Culturally Sensitive Issues
WEB ACTIVITY 1: Culturally Sensitive Issues in Space
ASSIGNMENT 4: Teacher as Peacemaker
ASSIGNMENT 5: Increasing Tolerance and Compassion
ASSIGNMENT 6: A One-Minute Paper

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TEXTBOOK READING: Click Here
ON-LINE READING 1: Adaptive Living
ON-LINE READING 2: Assistive Technology
ON-LINE READING 3: Transitions and the World of Work
CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Assistive Devices
ASSIGNMENT 1: Working in a Wheelchair

TEXTBOOK READING: Read the Prologue: You will be guided through this by a rabbit named Jung. Read this link to burrow in!
TEXTBOOK READING: Readings
ASSIGNMENT: Read, Watch, and Critique

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