Announcement: Basic Course Information

Christine F. Irene
2016-07-29T15:36:06-06:00

General Course Description

This course provides an overview of how to construct an Individual Education Program (IEP) for those students with special needs and/or learning disabilities. The time frame includes early childhood through secondary school focusing on those with learning disabilities and emotional handicaps. Students will create and construct an IEP study for a fictitious child, sharing their findings and work with the class. For this assignment, class participants will delve into the relationship between student characteristics and IEP development. This will include preparing a formal IEP using a three-part IEP case study to gather pertinent information. The use of Google Docs and real time messaging tool Twitter will be used in this course. Students are encouraged to discuss aspects of the course with each other via #SPE101

Course Objectives

Discussion of the components involved in an Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Identify student strengths and needs based on formal and informal assessments.
Describe the process of IEP development.
Analyze an IEP based on the evaluation of student strengths, needs, disability, and state/district standards.
Examine the role of the consultant teacher in special education.

The Online Weekly Schedule

Electronic weeks begin on Tuesday (12:01 am) and end on Monday (11:59 pm).

Day 1 - Tuesday
Day 2 - Wednesday
Day 3 - Thursday
Day 4 - Friday
Day 5 - Saturday
Day 6 - Sunday
Day 7 - Monday