Collaboration & Communities in Special Education (SPED 570)
Term: 2017-2018 School Year Spring Semester
Description
Designed to facilitate school, family, and community partnerships to enhance learning for students with disabilities. Focuses on understanding families, including cultural and linguistic diversity. Examines transition planning for new settings, including post-school outcomes. Special emphasis on developing awareness and ability for collaboration, teaming, partnerships, and supervision of paraeducators. Addresses collaboration and communication in the IEP and IFSP process to ensure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).