DIVERSITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Elementary Education BSE, Elementary Education and Special Education BSE, Special Education BSE or Certificate in Disability Rights and Services Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the diversity of students who receive special education services, including trends over time Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify deficit orientations toward diversity, culture and disability that limit youths' opportunities to learn Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct IEP goals that take students' cultural background and linguistic characteristics into account Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify ongoing professional and personal development goals that will increase ability to be responsive to a diversity of learners with disabilities and their families as a future teacher. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the diversity of students who receive special education services, including trends over time Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify deficit orientations toward diversity, culture and disability that limit youths' opportunities to learn Audience: Undergraduate 3. Construct IEP goals that take students' cultural background and linguistic characteristics into account Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify ongoing professional and personal development goals that will increase ability to be responsive to a diversity of learners with disabilities and their families as a future teacher. Audience: Undergraduate