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EDUCATION 424-4: Learning Disabilities Lab

Regular Summer Semester, 1989

(May 9- August 3)

May/June - Tuesday & Thursday

5:30 p.m. - 9:20 p.m.

July /August - Tuesday & Thursday

8:30 a.m. - 12:20 a.m.

Location: MPX 8620

Instructor: Dr. Leone Prock

Office:

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MPX 9504

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291-4117

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours of credit, Educ. 220 or equivalent instructional psychology courses recommended.

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Educ. 422-4:

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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:

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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 accommodate 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 9th. 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.

Grades will be based on a number of assignments, including investigation of a student-selected

topic. 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. Details will be provided at the first class

meeting.

REQUIRED TEXTS:

Educ. 422

Lerner, J. Learning disabilities. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989.

EdLic. 424

Mann, P. H., Suiter, P. A., McClung, A. M. Handbook in diagnostic teaching (3rd Ed.), Allyn &

Bacon.

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Centre for Distance Educn ?

Faculty of Education

Simon Fraser University

MPX 8548

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EDUCATION 422-4

LEARNING DISABILITIES

This course provides a framework for understanding learning disabilities. It focuses on

conceptual, historical and theoretical issues in the learning disabilities field, as well as

fundamental steps in assessment and remediation of learning problems. It is the

prerequisite to Education 424 (Learning Disabilities Practicum). The course is divided

into the following units:

Unit I

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History

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Definitions

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Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part I)

Unit IV

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Old Theories of Learning Disabilities (Part II) and Critique

Unit V

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New Theories of Learning Disabilities

Unit VI Assessment of Reading Problems

Unit VII Assessment of Arithmetic Problems

Unit VIII Visual Discrimination Problems

Unit IX Task Analysis

Unit X ?

Case Studies in Assessment and Remediation

Unit XI

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a) a primary learning disabled child

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b) an intermediate learning disabled child

c) a secondary learning disabled child

PREREQUISITE:

60 credit hours and EDUC 220 or equivalent.

REQUIRED TEXT:

Hallahan, D.P., J.M. Kauffman & J. Lloyd

Introduction to Learning Disabilities.

Prentice-Hall, 1985.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Students will be required to complete three essay assignments. Assignment 1 is worth

20% while Assignment 2 and 3 are each worth 25%. Each assignment should not

exceed 1500 words. There will be a final examination worth 30%.