Special Education (SPLED)

SPLED 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

SPLED 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

SPLED 297A Autism and Related Disorders (3) Overview of diagnostic categories, co-morbid conditions, characteristics, prevalence estimates, causes, assessment, accommodations, programs, and the impact of autism on family/society.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 298 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
 

SPLED 395W Observing in Exceptional Settings (3) Observations of exceptional persons and techniques used by their teachers in a variety of settings, e.g., school, day care, vocational.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: EDPSY 101 . PA Act 34 clearance required. In addition non-Pennsylvania residents must provide evidence of an FBI background information check. (Forms: 228 Chambers)   Concurrent: SPLED 425

SPLED 400 Teaching Exceptional Students in General Education Settings (3) Educational rights, characteristics, identification procedures, and instructional practices for exceptional students with prereferral and mainstreaming as an emphasis. Not open to Special Education majors.
Effective: Summer 1994
Prerequisite: EDPSY 014  

SPLED 401 Motivating Exceptional Learners (4) Group and individual techniques to promote student task engagement and prosocial behavior.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: or concurrent: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 395W  

SPLED 402 Human Rights: Historical and Current Issues in Special Education (3) Litigation, legislation, regulation, and advocacy issues impacting on educational and related services for individuals with academic and/or physical disabilities.
Effective: Fall 2001
Prerequisite: or concurrent:SPLED 400 orSPLED 425  

SPLED 404 Working with Families and Professionals in Special Education (3) Strategies for productive interactions between special educators and others such as colleagues, employers, parents, service providers, professionals, and students.
Effective: Spring 1997
Prerequisite: or concurrent: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 425  

SPLED 409A Fundamental Literacy Skills for Students with Special Needs (3) Effective reading curriculum and teaching methods to teach students with special needs.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: A grade of C or better required inSPLED 425, SPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 412, SPLED 454, SPLED 495E   Concurrent: SPLED 495G

SPLED 409B Writing and Content Literacy for Students with Special Needs (3) Effective curriculum and materials for teaching writing and content literacy to students with special needs.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 425, SPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 409A, SPLED 412, SPLED 454, SPLED 495E   Concurrent: SPLED 495G

SPLED 409C Mathematics Instruction for Students with Special Needs (3) Research-based practices for teaching mathematics skills to students with special needs.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 425, SPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 409A, SPLED 412, SPLED 454, SPLED 495E   Concurrent: SPLED 495G

SPLED 411 Intervention for Students with Severe Disabilities (3) Assessment, teaching strategies, curricula, materials, and assistive techniques for use with individuals having severe disabilities (mental and physical).
Effective: Spring 1997
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 425   Concurrent: a grade of C or better in SPLED 495E

SPLED 412 Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities (4) Appropriate teaching strategies, curriculum sequences, and materials selection and evaluation for children with mild special needs.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 425, SPLED 454   Concurrent: a grade of C or better required in SPLED 454

SPLED 415 Early Special Education (3-4) Includes early identification methods, assessment, curricula, parent involvement, and program evaluation for exceptional preschoolers in mainstreamed or segregated settings.
Effective: Summer 1994
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required in the following coursesC & S 401 orSPLED 454 ; a course in child development  

SPLED 418 Technologies for Persons with Disabilities (2) Sensory aids, communication systems, computer systems, expert systems, simulations, and other technologies for students who are academically or physically challenged.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: SPLED 400 orSPLED 425  

SPLED 425 Orientation to Human Variation and Special Education Services (3) An intensive overview of exceptional individuals being served in special education programs across their life-spans, from infancy through adulthood.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: declaration of major or minor in Special Education  

SPLED 430 Foundational Skills for Working with Students with Special Education Needs in General Education Classrooms (1) Introduction to working with students with special education needs in the general education classroom, including history and legal foundation.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: teacher certification or permission of instructor  

SPLED 431 Evidenced-Based Methods for Monitoring Student Progress and Making Instructional Decisions (2) Evidence-based methods for assessing student progress and making data-based instructional decisions.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: SPLED 430  

SPLED 432 Evidence-Based Practices for Inclusive Behavior Management (2) Managing and motivating learners with special needs in general education settings based upon principles of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: SPLED 430, SPLED 431  

SPLED 433 Effective and Explicit Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties (2) Evidence-based methods for designing, delivering, and adapting academic instruction for students with mild, moderate, and severe learning difficulties.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: SPLED 430  

SPLED 434A Evidence-Based Practices for Inclusive Elementary Classrooms (2) Evidence-based methods to effectively serve special needs students in elementary general education settings, including reading, writing, and mathematics instruction.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: SPLED 430, SPLED 431, SPLED 432, SPLED 433  

SPLED 434B Evidenced-Based Practices for Inclusive Secondary Classrooms (2) Evidence-based methods to effectively serve special needs students in secondary general education settings.
Effective: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
Prerequisite: SPLED 430, SPLED 431, SPLED 432, SPLED 433  

SPLED 444 Inclusive Education and Assessment (6) Knowledge and skills needed to educate students with special needs in urban schools.
Effective: Summer 1994
Prerequisite: ELEDM 400   Concurrent: URBED 395W

SPLED 454 Assessment for Instruction (4) Orientation to evaluation of special students with emphasis on the creation, use, and interpretation of teacher-made assessment procedures.
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inEDPSY 101   Concurrent: a grade of C or better in SPLED 412

SPLED 460A Fundamentals of Reading Instruction in Special Education (3) Topics include the interactive nature of reading, recent findings of the National Reading Panel, explicit instruction principles and reading assessments.
Effective: Summer 2006
 

SPLED 460B Teaching and Assessing Reading Skills of Students with Special Needs (3) Topics include methods for assessing and teaching reading skills including fluency, word level decoding and comprehension.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: SPLED 460A  

SPLED 460C Specialized Reading Applications in Special Education (3) Topics include methods for assessing and teaching reading skills in vocational competence, functional reading, reading for students with sensory impairment.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: SPLED 460A andSPLED 460B  

SPLED 461 Autism: Issues and Concerns (1) Overview of issues, characteristics, and evidenced-based assessment strategies, and approaches for individuals with autism/PDD.
Effective: Summer 2006
 

SPLED 462 Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis (4) Basic principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and empiricism. Emphasis will be given to ABA principles in educational settings.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: SPLED 461  

SPLED 463 Communication and Social Competence (3) Overview of deficits and strategies in speech, language, and communication across the Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: SPLED 461  

SPLED 464 Assessment and Curriculum (3) Overview of screening, diagnosis, and identification of skills in developmental domains and curricula for individuals with autism.
Effective: Summer 2006
Prerequisite: SPLED 461  

SPLED 465 Asperger Syndrome (1) Characteristics, assessment, intervention, and curricula for individuals with Asperger syndrome. Emphasis will be given to social skill development.
Effective: Summer 2006
 

SPLED 495E Experience with Exceptional Children (3) Supervised activities with exceptional children in a variety of possible settings, e.g., schools, institutions, day care centers, vocational settings.
Effective: Spring 2001
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 425, SPLED 454 . PA Act 34 clearance required. In addition non-Pennsylvania residents must provide evidence of an FBI background information check. (Forms: 228 Chambers)   Concurrent: a grade of C or better in SPLED 411 SPLED 412

SPLED 495F Practicum in Special Education (15) Teaching experience with mildly/moderately disabled children in age appropriate settings, e.g., infant/preschools, schools, vocational/job sites.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 495G . PA Act 34 clearance required. In addition non-Pennsylvania residents must provide evidence of an FBI background information check. (Forms: 228 Chambers)  

SPLED 495G Experience with an Integrated Inclusion Classroom (4) Supervised teaching in integrated general classrooms with activities in assessment, diagnosis, and direct intervention with students in need or with disabilities.
Effective: Spring 2004
Prerequisite: a grade of C or better required inSPLED 425, SPLED 395W, SPLED 401, SPLED 412, SPLED 454, SPLED 495E . PA Act 34 clearance required. In addition non-Pennsylvania residents must provide evidence of an FBI background information check (Forms: 228 Chambers).   Concurrent: a grade of C or better required in SPLED 409

SPLED 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

SPLED 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 1990
 

SPLED 497A Foundations of Inclusive SPLED: Legal, Etiology, Collaboration, and Assessment (3) Foundations of working with students with special education needs in inclusive classrooms, including etiologies/characteristics, laws, collaboration SKILLS, and assessment methods.
Effective: Spring 2009 Ending: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
 

SPLED 497B Creating and Maintaining a Positive General Education Classroom (3) Group and individual techniques to promote academic success and appropriate behavior.
Effective: Summer 2009 Ending: Summer 2009 Future: Summer 2009
 

SPLED 498 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1992
 

SPLED 498A Students with Autism in Inclusive Settings: Practical Applications (1) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 498A Extended Applications for Tutoring in Reading, Math and Progress Monitoring (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Summer 2009 Ending: Summer 2009 Future: Summer 2009
 

SPLED 498A Comprehension Strategies, Motivation and Monitoring Progress (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2009 Ending: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
 

SPLED 498B Instructional Design and Delivery in Reading and Math (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 498B Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Instruction in Reading, Spelling and Writing I (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 2009 Ending: Spring 2009 Future: Spring 2009
 

SPLED 498C Foundational Skills for Working with Students with Special Education Needs in General Education Classrooms (1) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 498D Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Instruction in Reading, Spelling and Writing I (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 498E Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Instruction in Reading, Spelling and Writing II (3) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008
 

SPLED 498F Students with Autism in Inclusive Settings (2) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 2008 Ending: Fall 2008