Nov 18, 2024  
2024-2025 University Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 University Bulletin
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SPED 646 - Special Education Internship

1 Credit Hours
The purpose of this course is to provide candidates further and more focused experience in working directly with students with disabilities. Candidates will be assigned to a setting with students with disabilities and work with a certified special education teacher. The candidate observes in this setting and takes an active part in the classroom activities. Through this experience candidates will observe similarities and differences across various aspects of development in students with a variety of disabilities, demonstrate communication and collaboration skills with teachers and related service providers, and will observe and participate in the delivery of different forms of instruction. Candidates will reflect on this experience and address key questions, experiences and issues through focused observations and reflections on specific classroom elements such as behavior management, modes of communication within the classroom, and use of evidence based practices. A university supervisor and the special education cooperating teacher or principal will evaluate the candidate as part of this internship experience. Candidates also complete a self evaluation as part of this internship.



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