SPED 640 Interventions: Mild Disabilities

General

• A philosophy and basic principles about teaching reading and math instruction
• Strategies for teaching and general practice principles and philosophy
• Teaching strategies for teachers in special education resource and general education settings
• Individual student learning strategies for improving individual student learning engagement, self-monitoring and self-management
• Assess and analyze diverse students' reading/writing/math or content area performance
• Apply knowledge about learning performance to inform ongoing instruction and planning
• Address learning at different stages of development and early intervention practices
• Determine appropriate and culturally/linguistically responsive academic interventions and design instruction including applying specialized methods, universal design for learning, accessible instructional materials, assistive technology, task analysis, multisensory methods, modifying the scope and pace of instruction, use of feedback, ration of student response, and schedules of practice and review, for delivering developmentally and culturally appropriate instruction and services to meet student needs related to increasing demands of grade-level curriculum;,
• Implement, monitor, evaluate, and adjust academic intervention plans for students with reading difficulties, mathematics learning difficulties and one additional subject area
• Assess and determine appropriate study skills methods for individual learning
• Review and participate in individualized program planning that include IEP review and development, participant collaboration, and student behavioral and transition planning.
• Develop skills in short and long range planning including meeting graduation standards, proactive transition planning, life skills, and planning for participation in new environments