ED 706 - Advanced Academic Interventions

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

The course offers an in depth look at incorporating effective instructional elements into Special Education curriculum. The following interventions are examples of areas of study: High Incidence Disabilities Positive Characteristics, Challenges, and Instructional Strategies; Explicit Instruction; Direct Instruction; Step by Step intervention scripts: Negotiable vs non-Negotiable; Social Emotional Learning Curriculum; Cognitive and Cognitive-behavioral interventions (rubric “social skills”) with an emphasis onteaching students how to adapt, change and manage their own learning behavior. A secondary focus is Collaborative Consultation. Co-Teaching and systematically matching the Intervention to the Student Problem. Previous knowledge and understanding of traditional behavioral (operant) concepts and strategies is required.

Offered Spring, Summer

Prerequisite(s): Admitted to graduate education for MA. Preference given to Cross Categorical candidates who are in license and/or MA program.