Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

EDUC 575 - Successful Transitions for Students with Disabilities

(3 credits)


This course will emphasize the barriers students at-risk or already diagnosed with a disability face at various stages of their educational process. Transitions pose unique issues for students, and comprehensive and age-appropriate planning methods are important to increase opportunities for student success. Transitions and corresponding instructional and behavioral supports will be addressed for individuals transitioning to pre-school programming, to school-age programming, through stages of school-age (elementary - middle/junior high - high school) to the comprehensive planning completed collaboratively to help individuals work toward desired post-school outcomes (postsecondary training/education, employment and independent living).

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify common transitions in the educational experience of a child with a disability, as well as developmentally appropriate planning strategies and skill instruction. The student will also be able to demonstrate formal post-secondary transition planning for a child with a disability preparing for life after graduation from public school; focusing on areas of further training/education, employment and independent living.  Ten hours of clinical observation required.