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Active as of Fall Semester 2012
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
2. Course Prefix & Number:
CDEV 2110
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course focus is on characteristics and issues related to students with learning disabilities and emotional behavioral disorders. The student will strengthen effective educational practice, promote inquiry, and build leadership skills for regular and special educations and professionals in related fields.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
CDEV 2110 - Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
CDEV 2110 - Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
St. Cloud State University |
SPED 421 Characteristics of Learning & Behavioral Disorders |
3 |
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
|
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
|
St. Cloud State University
|
8/11
|
Special Education
|
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Special Education, AAS and Certificate
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Students will complete a personal reflection paper analyzing research on learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Students will complete an index of specific disabilities including assessment for diagnosis and eligibility criteria. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
As a group, students will present a project about multicultural impacts on special education. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Describe the role of special education as one part of a single education delivery system
|
|
|
Describe the central concepts and history of emotional behavioral disorders and learning disabilities
|
|
|
Explain the referral, assessment, planning ,and placement procedures specific to emotional behavioral disorders and learning disabilities
|
|
|
Describe the function and importance to communicate and interact with students, families, other teachers, and the community to support student learning and well-being.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- History of special education
- development of learning disabilities category
- professional organizations
- Definition and eligibility criteria of learning disabilities
- National criteria
- MN eligibility criteria
- Causation factors contributing to learning disabilities
- Genetic factors
- Pre/peri/post natal factors
- Causation factors contributing to emotional behavioral disorders
- Genetic factors
- Pre/peri/post natal factors
- Assessment and placement
- Standardized instruments
- MN and local cooperative standard measures/process
- Characteristics of early childhood special education and ADHD
- Characteristics of adolescents with LD
- anxiety
- related disorders
- Characteristics of LD
- academic skills
- conduct disorders
- Social, emotional, and behavioral impact of learning disabilities
- Mental health related disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
2. Course Prefix & Number:
CDEV 2110
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course focus is on characteristics and issues related to students with learning disabilities and emotional behavioral disorders. The student will strengthen effective educational practice, promote inquiry, and build leadership skills for regular and special educations and professionals in related fields.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
CDEV 2110 - Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
CDEV 2110 - Characteristics of Students w/Learning and Behavior Disorders
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
St. Cloud State University |
SPED 421 Characteristics of Learning & Behavioral Disorders |
3 |
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
|
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
|
St. Cloud State University
|
8/11
|
Special Education
|
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Special Education, AAS and Certificate
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Students will complete a personal reflection paper analyzing research on learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Students will complete an index of specific disabilities including assessment for diagnosis and eligibility criteria. |
| Work as a team member to achieve shared goals |
As a group, students will present a project about multicultural impacts on special education. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Describe the role of special education as one part of a single education delivery system
|
|
|
Describe the central concepts and history of emotional behavioral disorders and learning disabilities
|
|
|
Explain the referral, assessment, planning ,and placement procedures specific to emotional behavioral disorders and learning disabilities
|
|
|
Describe the function and importance to communicate and interact with students, families, other teachers, and the community to support student learning and well-being.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- History of special education
- development of learning disabilities category
- professional organizations
- Definition and eligibility criteria of learning disabilities
- National criteria
- MN eligibility criteria
- Causation factors contributing to learning disabilities
- Genetic factors
- Pre/peri/post natal factors
- Causation factors contributing to emotional behavioral disorders
- Genetic factors
- Pre/peri/post natal factors
- Assessment and placement
- Standardized instruments
- MN and local cooperative standard measures/process
- Characteristics of early childhood special education and ADHD
- Characteristics of adolescents with LD
- anxiety
- related disorders
- Characteristics of LD
- academic skills
- conduct disorders
- Social, emotional, and behavioral impact of learning disabilities
- Mental health related disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder