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SPLED 412Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities

3 credits · Special Education · Penn State

The purpose of SPLED 412 is to introduce appropriate methodology for teaching academic skills to students with learning disabilities or those students who experience academic difficulties. The majority of the course deals with effective practices for designing and delivering academic instruction and independent work for students who do not learn optimally under current conditions within the general education environment. In this course, pre-service teachers will learn about the principles of effective instruction and a teaching model that applies these principles using evidence-based instructional methods to support these students. This course will also address ways that this model can be flexibly adapted to meet the needs a wide range of students, tasks, and environments.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Special Education, B.S.