SPLI 468 Education of Children with Learning Disabilities and other Mild Disabilities

This course is designed to increase your awareness of learning disabilities from a number of viewpoints and theoretical perspectives. While the course emphasizes understanding the issues surrounding the field of learning disabilities, it also examines creating an IEP, and remediation of learning and behavior problems. Providing modifications and accommodations to the general education teacher is a major part of the course. Topics range from legislation pertaining to learning disabilities, history, teaching and intervention, working with families, transition, case studies, and current research about learning disabilities and mild disabilities related to learning disabilities.

Credit 2 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall and Winter

Prerequisites - SPGN 251  or SPGN 510  
Other Restrictions -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class - Undergraduate standing

Keywords: learning disabilities , Special Education  
Often cross-Listed with: SPLI 568  
Equivalent Courses: SPLI 568
Updates: Course Deleted 4/2022, effective Fall 2023; Change to title, description, and class-level restriction 10/2019, effective Fall 2020; Change to course rotation 4/2019, effective Fall 2019; ITPP admission requirement removed 4/2017, effective Summer 2017; Graduate Credit rescinded 3/2015, effective Fall 2015; Graduate Credit added 7/2011

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