Neurodiversity and Learning Disorders Courses for Teachers

Teaching Gifted and Talented Students

Course #: EDUC_711H

Biological, psychological, character, and familial aspects of the gifted child are just a few of the areas explored in this ...

CREDITS: 3

Teaching Gifted & Talented Girls

Course #: EDUC_711I

Self-esteem of gifted girls begins to drop at the beginning of adolescence and reaches its lowest point at the end ...

CREDITS: 1

Learning Differences Between the Sexes

Course #: EDUC_711T

Why does understanding the differences between genders matter? Does it matter because it is important to know that during very ...

CREDITS: 2

Eating Disorders: A Psychological Battlefield

Course #: EDUC_712B

Because eating disorders among adolescents and young women are flourishing, we must take into account the historical and cultural changes ...

CREDITS: 3

Psychology of Eating and Exercise

Course #: EDUC_712C

Both food and exercise relieve tension and give us a lift, but with weight gain at epidemic proportions, exercise should ...

CREDITS: 3

Child Behavior Disorders

Course #: EDUC_712U

"Behavior disorders," "emotionally disturbed," or "socially maladjusted" are terms often used to describe children with challenging behaviors who are troubled or cause ...

CREDITS: 3

ABCs of Effective Mainstreaming & Inclusion

Course #: EDUC_712Y

An increasing number of special education students are receiving instruction in the general education classroom, k-12th grades. This course offers ...

CREDITS: 3

Understanding Autism

Course #: EDUC_712Z

Because autism is one of the most common disorders of childhood, it has broad implications not only for the autistic ...

CREDITS: 3

Psychology of Exceptional Children

Course #: EDUC_713C

This course is designed to familiarize students with the psychology and unique needs of children with health, intellectual, academic, emotional, ...

CREDITS: 3

The Differentiated Classroom

Course #: EDUC_713K

Dividing time, resources, and efforts to teach students of varied readiness, skill levels, and diverse backgrounds is an age-old challenge. ...

CREDITS: 3

Student Learning and the Brain

Course #: EDUC_714Q

This course, drawing on neuropsychological research and educational experience, gives an understanding of the brain's learning processes. Before today's teachers ...

CREDITS: 3

Understanding Asperger's Syndrome

Course #: EDUC_714U

Children and adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) can intrigue and confound us- often simultaneously! This course will help you achieve a ...

CREDITS: 3

Teaching Students with Mild Disabilities

Course #: EDUC_715A

Course Description
This course is designed to help teachers identify types of learning problems that characterize students with mild disabilities ...

CREDITS: 3

ADD/ADHD Strategies and Interventions for the Classroom

Course #: EDUC_715G

This course is designed for K-12 teachers and support staff who are interested in discovering strategies that help students affected ...

CREDITS: 3

RTI and RTI2: Revitalizing K-12

Course #: EDUC_716F

Response to intervention. This is RTI and RTI2. These enlightening transformers are hot topics in education and are a much ...

CREDITS: 3

Understanding Dyslexia

Course #: EDUC_717M

Between 5 and 17% of the United States population is estimated to have dyslexia. It is the ...

CREDITS: 3

Special Education Law

Course #: EDUC_717Z

Understanding the ins and outs of special education law can seem like a daunting and sometimes overwhelming feat. This is ...

CREDITS: 3

The Special Needs Brain: Helping it Learn

Course #: EDUC_718B

This course provides knowledge of possible causes of special needs, an understanding of brain systems that have gone awry, diagnostic ...

CREDITS: 3

English Language Learners' Struggles: Signs of Difficulty-- or Disability?

Course #: EDUC_718I

Most teachers are now encountering students who are not native-born, are not native English speakers, and are thus learning English ...

CREDITS: 3