Courses

EDS 572 IDENT. & EVAL.   3.0 Credit(s)
This course covers assessment concepts and processes including legal, referral, evaluation, and eligibility, as well as assessment for instructional decision-making. Identifying and assessing any student is a complex process mediated by state and federal guidelines, individual rights, cultural issues, and school resources. Assessments emphasize developmentally appropriate education advanced through a holistic, strengthbased picture of all learners, including those with disabilities and those from culturally/ linguistically diverse backgrounds. Special attention will be placed on working with students who have English language learning needs. Assessments for the course are designed to use relevant assessment data to develop an appropriate Individualized Education Program (IEP). Candidates select and administer both formal and informal assessment tools that are appropriate and exceptionality specific. Candidates also consider the role of the parent or caregiver in assessment and collaboration. Candidates investigate the transition from birth to three (IDEA Part C) to the PK-12 education system.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

SLP 570 INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH & EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE OFFERING   3.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the research process in the behavioral sciences and specifically the field of communication sciences and disorders. The goal is for students to become informed consumers of research in order to enhance their clinical practice, with an understanding of the issues of research design, methodology, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The integration of research principles into evidence-based clinical practice will be highlighted. Lecture/seminar format.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

SLP 505 PRACTICUM SEMINAR III   1.0 Credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity to review and reflect on their clinical experiences in SLP 506, to apply concepts from academic coursework to their clinical practice, to develop skills involved in clinical assessment and intervention with consideration for diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of client and stakeholder care, focusing on documentation and clinical data keeping. This seminar serves as a forum for refining knowledge and skills related to the corresponding clinical practicum, and to develop independence in planning and implementing clinical plans, documentation and data keeping for children and adults. This course accompanies SLP 506, an advanced fieldwork experience in the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, and/or swallowing disorders in children and adults.
Offered: Summer Semester All Years

SLP 506 CLINICAL PRACTICUM III   4.0 Credit(s)
This course will provide supervised clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of speech, language, and swallowing disorders of adults and/or children in a variety of settings. Students will obtain approximately 80-100 clock hours of supervised experience. Fieldwork format. Prerequisite: Take SLP-540 SLP-550
Offered: Summer Semester All Years

SLP 580 DYSFLUENCY   3.0 Credit(s)
This course aims to provide the knowledge and clinical skills necessary for speech-language pathology practice in the area of fluency disorders. Course content will include the genetic, behavioral, affective, and cognitive components involved in the development of dysfluency; differential diagnosis among stuttering, cluttering, and neurogenic fluency disorders; assessment protocols for fluency disorders in children, youth, and adults; age-appropriate treatment approaches for individuals who stutter; and an understanding of the impact of cultural and linguistic differences as well as the effects of dysfluency upon human communication. Lecture/seminar/ problem-based learning format.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years

EDS 573 PROG & ED PLANNING: SWD   3.0 Credit(s)
This course addresses requisite knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and evaluate individualized programs for students with disabilities. Representative topics include developing quality Individualized Education Program (IEPs) documents, review of primary disability categories related to IEP development, linking present level of performance to individualized programming, writing measurable goals and objectives, determining specialized instruction and supports within the general education setting, and transition planning. Candidates investigate current trends and guiding principles of quality programs, as well as special educator roles and responsibilities. Candidates prepare for conducting planning and placement team meetings and monitoring progress towards goals.
Offered: Spring & Summer 1 All Years

EDS 574 ADVANCED CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES   3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores general methods and materials appropriate for working with students with disabilities at the elementary through secondary level. Candidates learn a framework for understanding the nature of difficulties students with exceptional learning needs manifest and how to design and implement specialized instruction and monitor student progress. Emphasizes evidence-based strategies to address the specific strengths and needs of students with disabilities by planning and implementing lessons to teach school-age students with exceptionalities in the content areas of writing, mathematics, and science and social studies.
Offered: Summer 1 Semester All Years

EDS 583 SPECIAL EDUCATION SEMINAR II   1.5 Credit(s)
This seminar focuses on special education law, ethics, compliance, and mandated practices under the IDEA 2004 as it relates to free, appropriate, public education in the least restrictive environment. Candidates also explore and investigate characteristics of and issues pertaining to a disability category. Prerequisite: Take EDS-572 and EDS-574 and EDS-573 or EDS-403
Offered: Summer 2 Semester All Years

EDS 584 SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICUM II   3.0 Credit(s)
This practicum placement focuses on serving students with low incidence disabilities. This placement involves practical training in and hands-on experience with special education and related services. These experiences afford the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team to meet the concerns and needs of children and youth with disabilities. Candidates also work on daily communication skills and collaborative techniques with families.
Offered: Summer 2 Semester All Years

EDR 505 EARLY READING & LANG ARTS SUCCESS(PK-3)   3.0 Credit(s)
This course examines the fundamentals of a comprehensive and evidence-based literacy program for the diverse learner in today's classroom, focusing on foundations of reading and the integration of story, diologic conversation, and writing.
Offered: All Semesters All Years

EDR 507 DEVELOPMENTAL READING & LANG ARTS (4-6)   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on evidence-based literacy teaching in the middle grades in culturally responsive and sustaining ways. The role of knowledge building in reading comprehension, comprehension strategies, vocabulary knowledge, advanced word reading skill development, and fluency development is explored.
Offered: All Semesters All Years

EDR 510 CONTENT AREA READING INSTRUCTION (grades 7-12)   3.0 Credit(s)
This course focuses on a disciplinary approach to literacy instruction and the habits of mind through which experts in the discipline communicate in reading and writing. Incorporating evidence-based methods to differentiate instruction for today's diverse learners, course participants use multimodal and digital pedagogies to reflect on their practice as they develop standards-based lessons, into which academic and domain-specific language is embedded. Required for secondary education and literacy candidates.
Offered: All Semesters All Years

EDR 540 ADVANCED DIAGNOSIS & REMEDIATION I   3.0 Credit(s)
This course explores the selection, administration, and interpretation of a variety of criterion and norm-referenced assessments that effectively utilize screening, progress monitoring, diagnostic, and outcome measures to evaluate student reading performance.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

EDR 550 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I   3.0 Credit(s)
Candidates assess a struggling student in their practice, design intervention, and use diagnostic teaching in working with the student, utilizing a web-based platform for recording student and teacher interactions.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years

SLP 560 ADULT NEUROGENIC DISORDERS II   3.0 Credit(s)
This course is an in-depth explanation of the physiology and diagnosis of neurological disease.  Each disorder is explained as it relates back to neuroanatomy, diagnosis, symptoms, methods of assessment, and diagnosis.  A focus of the course is on treatment of cognitive linguistic disorders and theoretical frameworks of language as it relates to adults with communication breakdowns, specifically aphasia, apraxia, and dementias.   Lecture, seminar, case study, and problem-based learning format.
Offered: Fall & Spring Semesters All Years