ECE 3030 - Development of Children with Special Needs

Clock Hours: 45

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
This course covers physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and adaptive disabilities as well as giftedness. The students will explore different techniques for the adaptation and modification of early childhood curriculum and practices.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Guiding Children with Special Needs
1. Contribute to the development of an Individualized Education Plan for a child with special needs.
2. Develop individualized learning objectives and teaching strategies for a child.
3. Explain the role of the teacher in working with children who have special needs.
4. Describe methods for identifying and working with special needs that may be encountered in the early childhood program: hearing, speech, language, vision, physical, health, cognitive, and behavioral disorders.
5. Describe methods of integrating children with special needs into a typical program.
6. Explain the special needs of children who are gifted and how these needs can be met.