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EDSP 6181 Special Topics

This service course is designed to permit the offering of practicum in diagnosis, topics of current interest, and special workshops. May also be used for individual study in which a minimum of 40 clock hours of directed study is required for each semester hour of credit. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need.*

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EDSP 6281 Special Topics

This service course is designed to permit the offering of practicum in diagnosis, topics of current interest, and special workshops. Ma y also be sued for individual study in which a minimum of 40 clock hours of directed study is required for each semester hour of credit. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need.

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EDSP 6320 Professional Roles Responsibilities

This course emphasizes the professional practices, roles, and responsibilities of educational diagnosticians along with the responsibilities and philosophical, legal, and ethical foundations related to special education. Collaboration, consultation, procedural safeguards, due process, legal and regulatory timelines, confidentiality, federal and state laws and Board of Education Rules are discussed. A research project related to professional roles and responsibilities is required.*

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EDSP 6324 Approaches to Standardized Testing

This course explores the theory and implications of individual intelligence testing for assessment, educational placement, and research. Practical experiences in administration, interpretation, and report writing for the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, non-verbal intelligence assessments, and cognitive assessments are required. (Cross-listed with PSCO 6324, Wechsler Intelligence Testing)

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EDSP 6338 Interventions & Transitions for Students Across the Special Education Spectrum

This course addresses the state and federal guidelines for eligibility across the categories served within special education. Serving students with disabilities from initial diagnosis through transitioning is stressed. Specific emphasis will be placed on students with emotional or behavioral disorders as it relates to tiered interventions.

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EDSP 6339 Education for Disabled Youth

This course examines educational procedures and programs for secondary school students with disabilities. Emphasis is placed on theory and transitional issues, transition services, career education, and vocational adjustment and rehabilitation services.*

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EDSP 6340 Environments of Special Learners

This course is a field-based practicum examining environments where special learners are served. Includes a study of federal laws and state board of education guidelines regulating special education in Texas. Classroom teaching and/or assessment of atypical learners plus a research project related to student's current profession or course of study are required.

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EDSP 6341 Trends & Issues for the Education of Exceptional Learners

This course is designed to explore the unique needs, problems, and concerns that may be encountered in various special education settings.

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EDSP 6351 Minority Population Groups & the Exceptional Learner

In-depth study of the socialization patterns, cultural backgrounds, values, attitudes, behaviors, and learning problems of children and youth whose cultural and ethnic backgrounds are different from those of children and youth from the dominant culture. Emphasis on both theoretical constructs and practice in the development of leadership roles in the school and the community.* (Same as EDUC 6351)

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EDSP 6381 Special Topics

This service course is designed to permit this offering of practicum in diagnosis, topics of current interest, and special workshops. May also be used for individual study in which a minimum of 40 clock hours of directed study is required for each semester hour of credit. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need.

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