Teaching and Curriculum Development/Students with Severe Disabilities (ESP 635)

Term: 2016-2017 Spring

Faculty

Joe Joseph Mahabir Ph.D.Show MyInfo popup for Joe Joseph Mahabir Ph.D.

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Schedule

Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (3/19/2017 - 3/19/2017) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (4/2/2017 - 4/2/2017) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (4/30/2017 - 4/30/2017) Location: CALIF
Sun, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM (5/7/2017 - 5/7/2017) Location: CALIF

Description

This course will emphasize diagnosis, assessment and best educational practices in teaching persons who are diagnosed with severe intellectual disabilities, multi handicaps and autism. A focus on legal provisions, regulations and program standards in unbiased assessment as well as work on specialized terminology used in assessment of this special population will be noted. A special focus on the Massachusetts Alternate Assessment preparation will be developed. Adaptive behavior scales will be discussed. Students will be apprised of the specialized policies regarding students with extensive disabilities concerning referral and placement procedures.