SPED 7725 - Medical, Physical, and Sensory Aspects of Disabilities

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: SPED 6716
Enrollment requires completion of SPED 6716 or permission of instructor. Course focuses on information regarding body systems and dysfunction of those systems, with an emphasis on conditions associated with neurological, physical and sensory disabilities in preschool and school age children. School based treatment, care routines and intervention also will be addressed. This course is designed for individuals teaching children with severe cognitive disability, as well as for individuals providing services to children with a range of disabilities influenced by medical, motor and or sensory function (e.g. traumatic brain injury).