GSC Foundational Competencies EDU 617 / 717 Students With Disabilities (Introductory) Version 7.31.14

The Granite State College (GSC) School of Education has developed vertically aligned pivotal standards for each strand of coursework offered in General-Special Education; Mathematics; Early Childhood; Reading/Writing Teacher; and Advanced Endorsements. Pivotal standards (PSs) represent capacities that are fundamental to effective educator practice. As such, each teacher candidate must demonstrate proficiency in all pivotal standards within a course before receiving a grade ~ and for all courses in their program in order to receive a degree or certification at the completion of their program of studies. GSC believes PSs are central to the future of effective educational opportunities for youth. The items below articulate the PSs and the academic and observational evidence required for this course. Pivotal Standards Students will be able to: (1) Learning Outcome #1: Will develop knowledge of specific disabilities: definition, diagnosis, etiology, prevalence, characteristics, adaptive behavior, systems of support and resources. (2) Learning Outcome #2: Will explore specific disability impact on learning and access to the general education curriculum by identifying teaching strategies, interventions, and educational and assistive technologies) for students with disabilities including: speech and language disabilities, specific learning disabilities, cognitive and developmental disability, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, emotional/behavioral disorders, physical and health disabilities, low incidence disabilities and multiple disabilities, and sensory impairments. (3) Learning Outcome #3: Research brain-based learning and its implications for educating students with disabilities.

Academic Evidence (1 and 2)Disability Summary Project

(3) Research Paper

Observations The teacher candidate will: Non-clinical course; No Observations