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    EDUCATION 422-4: Learning Disabilities
    EDUCATION 424-4: Learning Disabilities Lab
    Regular Semester, 1988
    (May 9- August 5)
    May/June - Tuesday & Thursday
    5:30 - 9:20
    July /August - Tuesday & Thursday
    8:30 - 12:20
    Location: MPX 8620
    Instructor: Dr. Leone Prock
    Office: ?
    MPX 9504
    Phone: ?
    291-4117
    PREREQUISITE:
    60 hours of credit, Educ. 220 or equivalent instructional psychology courses recommended.
    CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
    Educ. 422-4: ?
    Learning Disabilities
    A study of conceptual and historic foundations of learning disabilities and an
    introduction to the methodologies of diagnosis and remediation of learning
    disabilities.
    Educ. 424-4: Learning Disabilities: Laboratory
    Supervised experience in analysis and evaluation of treatment strategies to be
    used with classroom students having learning disabilities.
    Content of Education 422 and Education 424 will be packaged as one program. Thus, during
    May and June Education 422 and Education 424 content will be dealt with on BOTH Tuesday and
    Thursday evenings.
    Meeting times change in July in order to
    accommSdate
    the on-campus attendance of children
    who register in our summer tutoring program.
    Students who register for either Education 422 or Education 424, but not both courses, should
    see the instructor in class on Tuesday, May 5th. Special arrangements are available. Hopefully,
    the majority of students will elect the specially designed, combined course option.
    Educ. 422-4 is designed as an introduction to the theoretical foundations of learning disabilities.
    Course content will include definition; symptomatology; integrities for learning; diagnosis;
    remediation; current state of services for the learning disabled child, adolescent and adult. Grade
    will be based on a number of assignments, including investigation of a student-selected topic.
    There is no exam in this course. Details re: assignments will be provided at the first class meeting.
    Educ. 424-4 provides a "live" experience in tutoring. Course content will include task analysis and
    instructional programming; assessment and data management; procedures for treating perceptual
    and cognitive problems; behaviour management; and reporting techniques. Assignments
    include actual reports on assessment and tutoring. There is no exam in this course. Details will be
    provided at the first class meeting.
    REQUIRED
    TEXTS:
    Educ. 422
    Mercer, Cecil D. Students with Learning Disabilities. Merrill Publishing.
    Educ. 424
    Mann, P. H., Suiter, P. A., McClung, R. M. Handbook in Diagnostic Teaching (2nd Ed.), Allyn &
    Bacon. (Or most current edition available.)

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