SPED 6716 - Characteristics and Assessment: Severe Disabilities

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

This class focuses on persons with significant cognitive disabilities, particularly children and youth who benefit most from alternative functional curricula in school settings. Topics to be addressed include features of specific conditions seen in this group; needs of individuals with severe disabilities; assessment options for appropriate identification; and issues related to definition and categorization, such as the need for nondiscriminatory assessment.