EEX3450 - Young Children With Special Needs
Heather Batchelder

Schedule

Week/Date Topic Assignments Due Dates
Week 1
F2F
1/12-1/18
Introduction: Meeting the needs of all children Complete Orientation Quiz 1/18
Week 2
1/19-1/25
Providing for young children with special needs
  • Read Chapter: 1
  • View Power Point Advocacy Organization Discussion: Search the web for an organization that advocates for young children with disabilities and post 1-2 paragraphs about your choice. Respond to a classmate’s post.
  • Target Child Assignment (TC-1): Locate a child/center/school and speak with teacher, document. Complete an observation of your TC and submit with TC-1.
  • Quiz 1
1/25
Week 3
1/26-2/1
F2F
Partners/ Families
  • Read Chapter: 2
  • Discussion: Visit TATS Website and choose a Family Involvement resource to read and post a short summary of the information. Respond to a classmate’s posting.
  • Quiz 2
2/1
Week 4
2/2-2/8
  • Progress Monitoring
  • Red Flags and Introduction to IEP/IFSP
  • Read Chapter: 3
  • Discussion: TATS Evaluation and Assessment: choose resource to read and post short summary of information and respond to classmate’s posting.
  • TC-2: Reflect on TC child’s strengths and areas of need.
  • Quiz 3
2/8
Week 5
2/9-2/15
F2F
IEP/IFSP
  • Read Chapter 4
  • View Power Point
  • Work on IEP Form and Role Play
  • Quiz 4
2/15
Week 6
2/16-2/22
Intervention and Instructional Strategies
  • Read Chapter: 5
  • View Power Point
  • Discussion TATS Curriculum and Instruction: Choose a resource and post a short summary of the information and respond to a classmate’s posting.
  • Quiz 5
2/22
Week 7
2/23-3/1
  • IEP Case Study Role Play
  • Inclusion
  • Read Chapter: 10
  • View Power Point
  • TC-3: Inclusion Support: Visit TATS and use Inclusion supports to reflect on your TC this week.
  • IEP Form
  • Quiz 10
  • IEP Form due on 3/2
  • TC3 due 3/1
  • Quiz 10 due 3/1
Week 8
3/2-3/8
F2F
Exceptionality Research
  • View Power Point
  • TC-4: Choose a schedule/daily lesson plan and modify for your TC (attached to assignment)
  • Discussion: Sign up for Exceptionality Paper Choice.
  • Role Play due 3/2
  • TC4 and discussion due 3/8
Week 9 Spring Break
Week 10
3/16-3/22
  • Social/Emotional Development
  • Inclusion Video
  • Read Chapter: 6
  • View Power Point
  • TC-5: Social/Emotional Strategies
  • Quiz 6
3/22
Week 11
3/23-3/29
Read 4 Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed) (Motor skills, Communication/Language, Social/Emotional, and Emergent Literacy)
  • Create Resource File Assignment: Summarize each article (see assignment for format)…you will use the articles in your final paper as well.
  • TC-6: Peer/adult relations
3/29
Week 12
3/30-4/5
Motor Skills
  • Read Chapter: 7
  • View Power Point
  • TC-7: Motor Skills
  • Quiz 7
4/5
Week 13
4/6-4/12
  • Disability/Strategy Review
  • Group Activity
  • Read Chapter: 8
  • TC-8: Communication
  • Resource File Assignment Due
  • Quiz 8
4/12
Week 14
4/13-4/19
Cognitive Skills and Literacy
  • Read Chapter: 9
  • View Power Point
  • Quiz 9
  • IEP Form (4/19) and Role Play ( 4/13 in class) due
4/19
Week 15
4/20-4/26
  • Work on TC Analysis, complete
  • TC9 Text Talk, and finish Exceptionality Paper.
  • Exceptionality Paper due
  • TC-9 Cognitive Skills, Literacy: Text Talk due
4/26
Week 16
4/27-5/1
Final TC Analysis Due: submit under TC Analysis 5/1

Note: All dates and times are subject to change by Dr. Batchelder. Be informed and routinely check the Class E-Mail for any changes or updates.


Assignments:

Target Child:

You will locate a pre-school, public or private childcare facility with an academic focus, public school, or private school that has an inclusive classroom (includes children with and without disabilities). You will choose a child to observe in the classroom (a child with a disability). The assignment requires you to observe your Target Child several times. You must speak with the teacher/administrator to obtain permission to observe your TC. You will visit your child and write a 1-2 paragraph reflection on the visit as well as complete the weekly requirements of the TC assignment included in the assignment section. Your final TC assignment is the Target Child Analysis. You will summarize your observations and experiences with your TC in a paper. You will need to relate your experiences with your TC to the text readings, power points, and articles, therefore your paper will include citations when referencing the class materials. You will need to use APA style when writing your paper. You will submit each TC assignment in the assignment section under the designated title. There are ten TC assignments including the analysis. Each TC assignment is due at the end of the week in which it is assigned.

Resource File:

You will read four peer-reviewed journal articles that suggest research-based strategies for your exceptionality choice. The topics will be communication/language, social- emotional development, motor skills, and emergent literacy skills. You will read the articles and write an article review. The format you will use is added as an attachment in the assignment section under Resource File.

Exceptionality Paper:

You will choose an exceptionality/disability and describe the exceptionality including the cause, if known, the history, medical, cognitive, physical, and or communicative effects/characteristics the exceptionality is associated with. You will use your journal articles to discuss research-based strategies that can be used with a child with the exceptionality you chose. The paper will be in APA style with citations from the articles, the text, and any other credible sources you use in your research.

IEP Form and Role Play:

You will work in groups of four to six: choose a case study and create an IEP for the child (submit IEP Form under the IEP assignment). You will also create a script for an IEP meeting role play to present in class (you do not need to upload the script). The IEP form is attached to the assignment. The IEP Case Studies are attached to the assignment as well. You will choose the case study groups in class.