Course Description
Exploring foundations and programming for infants, toddlers,
and young children with developmental delays, including
developmentally appropriate practice, activity-based
instruction, and other naturalistic evidence-based
instructional practices.
Athena Title
Teach Inf Young Ch Dev Delays
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDSE 5200E
Prerequisite
EDSE 2000 or EDSE 2000E or HDFS 2950 or HDFS 2950E or EDUC(EPSY) 2130 or EPSY 2130E or EPSY 2130H
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- This course is designed for undergraduate students in the Birth through Age 5 Teacher Certification program.
- Upon completion of this course, students will understand foundations and policy for early intervention and preschool special education.
- Upon completion of this course, students will identify components of appropriate and effective individualized intervention for young children with disabilities (e.g., evidence-based practice).
- Upon completion of this course, students will identify program models in Birth through 5, including service delivery and methods for team collaboration.
- Upon completion of this course, students will identify the interface between developmentally appropriate practices (NAEYC) and best practices as they relate to young children with disabilities.
- Upon completion of this course, students will discuss the rationale for family-focused, culturally sensitive intervention, including IFSP/IEP development.
- Upon completion of this course, students will plan for instruction across developmental domains using an activity-based approach.
- Upon completion of this course, students will use naturalistic teaching techniques with young children with disabilities to facilitate integrated growth and learning in all developmental domains.
- Upon completion of this course, students will identify methods to facilitate interaction between children with and without disabilities.
- Upon completion of this course, students will design appropriate social and physical learning environments.
- Upon completion of this course, students will plan for transitions from Part C to Part B programs, and from preschool to kindergarten.
Topical Outline
- Foundations for early intervention and providing special education services Birth through 5 Policy for preschool special education and early intervention
- Eligibility, RTI, Childfind
- Inclusion/Natural Environments
- Family Partnerships and Teaming
- IEP/IFSP Development
- Goals and Objectives
- Family and Child Outcome Measures
- Naturalistic Curriculum Model
- Activity-Based Instruction
- Play as a Context for Intervention
- Progress Monitoring
- Systematic Instructional Procedures
- Culturally Relevant Instruction
- Augmentative Communication
- Intervention in Natural Environments
- Promoting Peer Interactions
- Environmental Arrangement to Promote Independence
- Assistive Technology
- Transitions Between Programs and Service Birth through 5
