IN 620 : FOUNDATIONS & LEGAL ISSUES OF SPED

This course provides students with an understanding of the foundation for educating students with disabilities including historical perspectives, models, theories, philosophies, and trends that provide the basis for special education practice today. Students will explore how development, disability-specific characteristics, medical dynamics, and family/environmental systems interplay with and influence the provision of educational services to students with disabilities. In exploring educational implications of disabilities and legal/regulatory requirements for identification, evaluation, and providing services, students will understand ethical issues and expected standards of professional practice.