10-522-124IA: Supporting Students with Disabilities
Course Information
Description
This course focuses on examining how a continuum of service is delivered to students with special education needs including in the inclusive classroom setting and through supportive and related services. A review of the law will be provided as it relates to special education, and the individual educational program (IEP), assessment and planning process through transition. Based on the premise that all children can learn, students will examine factors, which enhance learning through a study of various classroom accommodations and instructional formats such as direct instruction, strategy instruction and task analysis. Students will engage in simulated classroom activities to explore and practice incorporating a wide array of research-based interventions and instructional techniques and programs used to support students with disabilities in all major curricular areas and to help students develop effective study skills. Students will practice monitoring and recording child and youth behavior. Techniques used to support students with medically fragile needs will be explored. Students will develop a philosophy related to responsible inclusion.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Describe the assessment process for children with disabilities.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner includes definition of assessment.
    learner includes steps of the assessment process.
    learner includes ways students are identified for assessment.
    learner includes methods for gathering assessment information.
    learner describes parent's viewpoint and concerns in the assessment process.
    learner includes skills that are assessed.
    learner includes ways to assess children who are culturally and/or linguistically diverse.
    learner describes instructional assistant's role in the assessment process.

  2. Analyze the IEP development process initial placement through transition planning.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product includes personal student information (student's name, parents' names, grade etc. (Remember to maintain confidentiality).
    product includes student's present level of performance (student strengths and concerns, areas of progress, ways student learns best-learning style, multiple intelligence, way student communicates).
    product includes action plan (Instructional Assistant's role in working with this student, who will monitor student progress, and when IEP will be reexamined.
    product includes annual goals and Common Core Essential Elements, if appropriate.
    product includes program summary (WI DPI I-9 Form).
    product includes transition services, if appropriate.

  3. Define the categories of disabilities under IDEA for which children are eligible for special education.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product includes definition of autism and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of hearing impairment and deafness and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of deaf-blindness and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of cognitive disabilities (intellectual disabilities) and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of multiple disabilities and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of orthopedic impairment and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of other health impairment and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of emotional disturbance and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of specific learning disability and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of speech or language impairment and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of traumatic brain injury and related Web sites.
    product includes definition of visual impairments including blindness and related Web sites.

  4. Compose research-based intervention strategies and other teaching techniques effective in each IDEA disability category.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product describes a teaching technique  for student  with autism.
    product describes a teaching technique for student  with cognitive disabilities ( intellectual disabilities)
    product describes a teaching technique for student  with orthopedic impairment.
    product describes a teaching technique for student  with health impairment.
    product explains how teaching technique is used for student  with emotional/behavioral disability.
    product describes how research-based intervention technique is used for student  with specific learning disability.
    product describes how  teaching technique is used for student  with speech or language impairment.
    product describes how  teaching technique is used for student  with traumatic brain injury.
    product describes how  teaching technique is used for student with visual impairments including blindness.
    product describes how teaching technique is used for student with hearing impairment including deafness.

  5. Summarize the special education related services available to schools.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product includes description of roles and responsibilities of a specific related service professional or special education service/program area (OT, PT, School Counselor, School Social Worker, School Psychologist, School Nurse, Speech/Language Clinician, Adaptive Physical Education, interpreting service professional,)
    product includes identifying information about the school district.
    product includes information about the district's special education personnel.
    product includes description of special education services.
    product includes unique program offerings of school district's special education program.

  6. Determine techniques to use when supporting students with medically fragile needs.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product describes medical condition, causes and characteristics.
    product includes symptoms to watch for if appropriate.
    product describes techniques to use with child.
    product includes instructional assistant's role in supporting child.
    product includes outside resources available.
    product describes emergency procedures if appropriate.

  7. Research common applications of assistive technology to support students.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product lists and briefly describes assistive technology devices related to IDEA disability categories.
    product identifies devices as low tech, medium tech or high tech.
    product specifically describes how each devise is used to support student need in each IDEA disability category.

  8. Use monitoring and recording procedures to document student behavior or academic performance.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    Learner uses behavioral terminology in the anecdotal record.
    Learner provides a statement explaining how to use the monitoring form.
    Learner uses affective behaviors (non-judgmental) when observing student behavior.

  9. Recommend program adaptations and accommodations for children with disabilities.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    product includes adaptations to the physical environment.
    product includes adaptations to class time.
    product includes ways to adapt materials.
    product includes use of adaptation equipment.
    product includes support personnel needed to assist.
    product lists barriers to incorporating adaptations.
    product contains strategies to overcome barriers.

  10. Apply the concepts of least restrictive environment and inclusion.
    Assessment Strategies
    Oral, Written or Graphic Product
    Criteria
    learner describes least restrictive environment (LRE).
    learner identifies the components of least restrictive environment.
    learner determines least restrictive environment for assigned student.
    learner identifies instructional assistant's role in the recommended LRE.
    learner provides the advantages/disadvantages of inclusion.
    learner provides a position statement related to responsible inclusion.