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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Education 373-3 ?

SPECIAL

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF

INCLUSION

(E1.00)

Fall Semester, 1994 ?

Instructor: ?

Dr. P. Mirenda

Tuesdays, 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 13-Dec. 6

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Office: ?

CBI Consultants

Location: Richmond Senior Secondary School

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Phone: ?

251-1057

7171 Minoru Boulevard

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Fax: ?

251-1057

Richmond

PREREQUISITE FOR CREDIT STUDENTS*:

60 hours of post-secondary credit or permission of the instructor.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will address the needs of students with moderate, severe, and multiple handicaps in

regular classroom settings. It is designed to provide strategies for planning, implementing, and

evaluating longitudinal, functional and chronological age appropriate curricular content for these

students. The focus of the course will be on writing IEPs and delivering this curricular content to

students in integrated settings with regular education peers. The course content will emphasize

strategies for matching individual student needs with the ongoing classroom curriculum. Strategies

for designing programs for elementary and secondary-aged students will be addressed. In addition,

strategies for social integration and helping students to make friends will be included.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Students will be expected to attend

all

classes and to complete assigned readings both before and

during the course. In addition, students will be expected to design an inclusion plan for one

student of their choice, using both in-class discussion and class reading materials as resources.

READINGS:

Required:

Stainback, S., & Stainback, W. (1992).

Curriculum considerations in inclusive classrooms.

Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Recommended:

Giangreco, M., Cloninger, C., & Iverson, V. (1993).

Choosing options and accommodations for

children: A guide to planning inclusive education.

Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

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Please note: This course may be taken for either credit or non-credit. Please