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College of Education

TESE Courses

TESE 816C - Practicum in Gifted/Talented Education - 3 hours
Prereq: TESE 822P, TESE 823P, TESE 824*, TESE 825*, TESE 826* or departmental permission
This course is designed specifically to provide students the opportunity to teach gifted learners in a differentiated educational program. Students will plan, develop, implement, and evaluate educational experiences for gifted learners. In order to build an understanding of student needs across developmental and grade levels, the student will work with both elementary and secondary level gifted learners. A minimum of 90 clock hours is required.
TESE 816D - Practicum in Special Education - 3-6 hours
This course is designed to provide student teaching experience in the specific areas of Assistive Technology, Behaviorally Impaired, Early Childhood Special Education, Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and Secondary/transition. Student teachers are directly supervised by their cooperating teachers and university faculty. The required minimum number of weeks of full-time teaching is as follows: 3 weeks for 3 credit hours and 7 weeks for 6 credit hours. The supervised teaching may continue for up to one semester.
TESE 821P - Nature and Needs of Exceptionalities - 3 hours
This introductory course surveys the various disability areas in the field of special education and associated educational implications. Major influences from litigation and legislation are discussed along with contemporary issues and trends in special education and gifted education.
TESE 822P - The Psychology and Education of Gifted and Talented Learners - 3 hours
Topics for this introductory course will include the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical characteristics of gifted/talented learners, methods of identification, implications of cultural diversity, appropriately differentiated education, working with families, historical perspective of the field, and major research studies contributing to the knowledge-base. Emphasis will be placed on characteristics and differentiated instructional strategies.
TESE 823P - Guiding the Social and Emotional Development of Gifted/Talented Learners - 3 hours
This course focuses on understanding the social and emotional characteristics and development of typical and special populations of gifted/talented learners, current theories and issues related to their guidance and counseling principles and strategies of intervention.
TESE 824 - Identification, Assessment, and Evaluation for Gifted/Talented Education - 3 hours
Prereq: TESE 822P or TESE 823P or departmental permission
This in-depth course provides the student with the knowledge and concepts of basic statistics necessary to understand and administer selected assessment instruments used in the identification of gifted and talented learners. The process and multiple strategies of identification will be a major focus to prepare the student to develop and/or improve current identification procedures. An additional focus will be on multiple strategies for the assessment of the gifted/talented learner's work in the classroom. Developing a beginning understanding of the difference between student and program evaluation will be the final focus.
TESE 825 - Curriculum Design and Development for Gifted/Talented Education - 3 hours
Prereq: TESE 822P, TESE 823P, TESE 824* or departmental permission
This is an advanced course on exemplary program models, instructional processes and methods, program planning, and development of appropriately differentiated curricula for gifted/talented learners across grade levels.
TESE 826 - Program Design for Gifted/Talented Education - 3 hours
Prereq: TESE 822P, TESE 823P, TESE 824*, TESE 825* or departmental permission
This course is concerned with the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs for gifted/talented learners, including procedures utilized when developing a distinct definition of giftedness, philosophy and goals for gifted education, staff hiring and development, service delivery options, and public relations.
TESE 827P - Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education - 3 hours
Philosophical and legal bases for early intervention, and current trends, issues, policies and procedures are examined. Factors related to developmental risk or delay and to atypical developmental processes are presented, along with intervention models and curricular adaptations. Prior completion of PSY 853 is recommended.
TESE 828A - Intervention Methods: Birth to Two Years - 3-6 hours
Prereq: TESE 827P or department permission
This course provides knowledge and skills to intervene with infants and toddlers. Included are medical and physical aspects of developmental delay and the influences of these conditions on developmental processes. Family focused intervention strategies are planned and implemented by the student in field experiences.
TESE 828B - Intervention Methods: Three to Five Years - 3-6 hours
Prereq: TESE 827P or departmental permission
This course provides knowledge required to develop and manage programs, and to adapt teaching strategies, curricula, and materials for preschool and kindergarten children with disabilities. Students acquire methodology, promote domain specific development, functional skills, and child-child interactions in-group settings. Field experiences included.
TESE 829P - Assessment of Young Children: Birth to Five - 3 hours
Prereq: TESE 827P or departmental permission
This course prepares students to evaluate assessment tools for young children, determine their appropriateness for various purposes, write and interpret evaluation reports, and translate assessment results into intervention goals and strategies. In field experiences students administer tests and interpret and report results.
TESE 830 - Consultation and Collaboration with Families and Agencies Serving Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
This course involves the study and application of specific communication skills that teachers may use in conferences, in team meetings, and while collaborating or consulting with others. Skills in listening, empathizing, and interpreting body language are practiced within the educational context. This course also provides specific information about families, family systems, and meeting the needs of families.
TESE 831 - Formal and Informal Assessment in Special Education - 4 hours
This course is designed to introduce students to the assessment process in special education by addressing procedural safeguards; data collection via informal and standardized procedures; issues in assessment; psychometric properties of standardized tests; and administration, scoring, and interpretation of selected instruments. Contains a field component.
TESE 832 - Research-based Instructional Strategies for Students with Exceptionalities - 3 hours
The course is designed to address the instructional needs of students with disabilities. Students will learn to synthesize research on instructional techniques for classroom application. Academic instructional interventions will be emphasized. Students will apply their knowledge of lesson development and classroom management strategies through an action research project. Contains a field component.
TESE 833 - Applied Behavior Analysis - 3 hours
This course is designed to identify and describe various intervention strategies for increasing and maintaining appropriate student behaviors and for decreasing or eliminating inappropriate behaviors. Class members will accurately recognize, observe, record and chart inappropriate behaviors, determine behavioral objectives, employ the least restrictive intervention, and foster self-management skills for the student.
TESE 834 - Characteristics and Identification of Behavior and Learning Disabilities - 3 hours
This course provides in depth coverage of the identification process, etiologies and characteristics associated with disorders that are categorized as learning disabilities or behavior disorders. Distinction from Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Severe Emotional Disturbance will be discussed.
TESE 835 - Applications of Assistive Technology Across Environments - 3 hours
This course provides an in-depth, hands-on examination of the applications of assistive technology for individuals with disabilities as it relates to various fields. New applications of existing and developing technology will be explored. Students will apply their knowledge of assistive technology through action research.
TESE 836P - Transitional Issues for Individuals with Disabilities - 5 hours
Assessment planning and instruction to facilitate educational and employment post-school outcomes will be emphasized. Federal and state laws governing minimum transition practices will be covered. Assessment, transition planning, services, interagency collaboration, resources, and instruction will be discussed to facilitate a successful transition.
TESE 837P - Medical Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities - 3 hours
This course provides students with a general knowledge of the medical conditions seen in children with disabilities. It will familiarize students with terminology, medications, procedures, equipment, and interventions used for children with medical complications. Teacher responsibilities in regards to medical conditions will be covered.
TESE 838P - Legal Issues in Special Education - 2 hours
This course provides students with the competencies needed to develop individualized programming for children with exceptionalities. Verification criteria, parent's rights, IEP development and implementation, goal and objective development, placement procedures and IEP monitoring will be emphasized.

* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is required prior to this immediate prerequisite.

11 Jul 2007


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