Working With Children and Youth With Special Learning Needs and Abilities I

3 credits · Undergraduate

(Lecture with variable meeting hours) This course offers an overview of children and youth with special learning needs and abilities within the school setting. The intent is to focus on the extensive field of inclusive education in Manitoba, to examine programming for students with special needs, and to consider the causes, characteristics, and implications of specific social and learning needs. School issues are examined through multiple lenses. Specifically, this course reviews recent scholarship and research into students with special learning needs, drawn from the fields of psychology, sociology and education. Additionally, the course focuses on constantly changing demographics in the schools.