Addresses curriculum, materials, technologies and other resources available to teach students with learning disabilities. Also addresses how curriculum from various content areas be integrated.

ELD 4XX1 Instructional Strategies and Technology Practicum for Students with Learning Disabilities . . . . . 3(2,6)

Addresses effective strategies and technological innovations related to the instruction of students with learning disabilities.

ELD 4011 Specific Learning Disabilities: Theories and Practices . . . . . 3(3,0)

Survey of theoretical models underlying current approaches to remediation and management of the learning disabled child.

ELD 4115 Curriculum for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities . . . . . 3(3,0)

Includes specialized curriculum and instructional materials for teaching students with learning disabilities; curriculum standards and resources and translation of assessment data into individualized, instructional programs. Prerequisites: EEX 4010 and ELD 4011

ELD 4850 Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Specific Learning Disabilities . . . . . 3(3,0)

Students develop the skills necessary to effectively teach learning disabled students. There are three areas of emphasis in the course: the diagnosis of student learning and behavior problems, procedures for implementing and evaluating educational programs appropriate for learning disabled students, the development and implementation of behavior management and precision teaching skills. Students completing this course, therefore, will be prepared to precisely diagnose student learning problems and implement effective individualized instructional and behavior management programs.

ELD 4940 Practicum in Teaching of Children with Learning Disabilities . . . . . 3(0,8)

Three contact hours per semester hour of credit in unit for children with learning disorders. Demonstration of ability to write curriculum prescriptions and individualize instruction required. Offered only on satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: EEX 4010.

ELD 6051 Current View of Exceptional Children--LD . . . . . 3(3,0)

Review of present conceptions of learning disabled children, comparative educational arrangements, evaluation of remedial trends and status of research.

ELD 6111 Assessment of Exceptional Children--LD . . . . . 3(3,0)

Development, administration and scoring of groups and individual tests for determining scope and depth of educational achievement as well as formal and informal tests of specific abilities and behaviors which relate to or constitute prerequisites to educational programs. Students develop proficiency in the development and use of tests and rating scales for learning disabled children.

ELD 6235 Curriculum Prescriptions for Exceptional Children--LD . . . . . 3(3,0)

Curriculum development; selection, evaluation, and modification of curriculum materials; identification of curriculum standards and resources; translation of assessment data into educational programming. Taught concurrently with EED 6235, EMR 6247.

ELD 6247 Instructional Strategies--LD . . . . . 3(3,0)

Instructional strategies, motivational techniques, special approaches to teaching basic skills; development, implementation, and evaluation of individualized educational plans; data based management. Taught concurrently with EED 6247, EMR 6247.

ELD 6705 Research Methods and Procedures--LD . . . . . 3(2,2)

Research methods in general and procedures for studying problems related to learning disabled children. The students will identify a problem, conduct a literature review and develop a method for studying the selected problem. Simulated educational data, relevant to learning disability, will be analyzed with the aid of a computer. The students will use the results to answer questions relevant to learning disabled students.

ELD 6942 Research Practicum--LD . . . . . 3(1,4)

Identification of a problem in the area of LD, review of pertinent literature and preparation of a proposal with all the necessary information, conduction of research in a professional manner, evaluation and written report of the results. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty and ELD 6705.

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