Course Details

The Special Needs Brain: Helping it Learn

Course #: EDUC_718B

Semester Credits: 3
Cost: $420.00

This course provides knowledge of possible causes of special needs, an understanding of brain systems that have gone awry, diagnostic issues and criteria, research on practical approaches to helping special needs students learn, and a variety of strategies to consider when planning lessons. This course addresses essential background information, ADD/ADHD, autism, disabilities in speech, writing, and mathematics, and emotional and behavioral disorders. Upon completion of this course, the student will demonstrate an understanding that special needs students are in a precarious motivational state and will become familiar with a rich array of strategies the special needs student requires.

This course is applicable towards the following certificate:
*Inclusive Classroom Teaching

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•   Self-paced coursework
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•   Free transcripts are sent upon completion
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•   Earn semester credits from a WASC accredited university
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You may complete the assignments for this course ONLINE or PDF.
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Semester Credits: 3
Cost: $420.00

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