PRACTICUM
IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
Designed to provide a supervised
practicum in public school programs for students with EBD, MR, and LD. Provides experiences in diagnosing individual
needs, developing educational programs, instructing students with mild
disabilities, designing and implementing classroom management techniques, and
consulting with teachers, administrators, parents, and other professionals.
1. Generate a model special education
program for students with MR, EBD, and LD
2. Demonstrate administration, scoring,
and interpretation procedures for formal and informal diagnostic instruments
3. Generate relevant instructional plans
(lesson and/or unit plans) based on diagnostic data
4. Demonstrate use of strategies,
materials, and software in a broad range of skill areas for exceptional and
culturally diverse students
5. Generate and implement appropriate
behavioral interventions and classroom management techniques
6. Adopt an effective style for
consulting, problem solving and decision making
1. A minimum of 40 hours working in a
special education setting (Students with MR, EBD, and LD) including diagnostic,
planning, teaching, behavior management, and consultation activities.
2. A model special education program
design based on a current literature review.
3. A field experience summary including
descriptions and reflections of diagnostic, planning, teaching, behavior
management, and consultation activities.
1. A minimum of 40 field experience hours
must be completed to receive course credit; performance will be observed and
feedback provided during the semester
2. The program design and summary grades
will be based on ideas, organization, and writing style (ideas will count
double)
3. Grades
will be assigned as follows:
A 94-100%
B 86-93%
C 70-85%
F below 70%
4. Final
grades will be based on the 3 graded requirements as follows:
Field
experience performance 50%
Model program
design 25%
Final Grade 100% (If any course requirements are not
submitted by due date, the final grade will be lowered)