Exceptional Children

Overview of categories of students served in special education including intellectual disabilities, developmental delay, specific learning disabled, emotional and behaviorally disturbed, autism, speech and language impaired, visually impaired, deaf and hearing impaired, other health impairment, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, deaf blindness, and traumatic brain injury. Special education eligibility and related services are reviewed. In addition, exceptional children such as English Language Learners, students with attention deficit disorder and gifted, creative, and talented are discussed. Prerequisites: ED 220, ED 221. Includes a field-based service learning component.