This course in special education provides a comprehensive exploration of all the categories of exceptional children. It includes all eligibility requirements for students with disabilities. It emphasizes the importance of inclusion of exceptional students in the mainstream classroom and support of students with disabilities in the regular classroom. In this course, students will seek to understand the different categories of exceptional children and will learn how to apply the information about disabilities within a regular classroom setting.
 
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This course comprises lectures, home assignments and mid and end-semester assessments.
Students who earn 2 credits for SPED 201 spend 6 hours each week on this course, in a mixture of faculty-led teaching-learning (2 hour) and student-directed learning (4 hours) on review of lectures or classwork, group work, required or recommended readings and home assignments.