EDSE 524 - Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for Students with Exceptionalities

• Review the elements of research-based assessments designed to evaluate the effectiveness of practices and programs (CEC APS 1.2; PESB Sped EC 3.0)
• Investigate and align educational standards to provide access to challenging curriculum to meet the needs of individuals with exceptionalities (CEC APS 2.1)
• Broaden and deepen professional knowledge and expand expertise with instructional technologies, curriculum standards, effective teaching strategies, and assistive technologies to support access to and learning of challenging content for students with exceptionalities (CEC APS 2.2)
• Understand diversity and individual learning differences to inform the selection, development, and implementation of comprehensive curricula for individuals with exceptionalities (CEC APS 2.3)
• Use and model research-based strategies and interventions to facilitate inclusion in the least restrictive environment including appropriate accommodations, curriculum modifications, and alternatives such as task analysis to support educational needs connected to measurable IEP components.   (PESB Sped EC 6.4.6; 6.4.10)
• Use research-based strategies to prepare, organize, facilitate, and monitor implementation of specially designed instruction across the phases of learning  (including acquisition, fluency, generalization and maintenance of skills) which could be presented by either self, paraeducators, or general educators (PESB Sped EC 6.4.13; 6.4.17)