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FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 422-4: Learning Disabilities
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EDUCATION 424-4: Learning Disabilities Lab
Regular Summer Semester, 1990
(May 7- 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
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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
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 at the first class meeting. 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.
Educ. 424:
Mann, P. H., Suiter, P. A., McClung, R. M. Handbook in diagnostic teaching (3rd Ed.), Allyn &
Bacon.
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA V5A 1S6
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Telephone: (604) 291-3395
May 8, 1990
Dear Student:
Welcome to the Summer 1990 Learning Disabilities Program!
In May-June we meet on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 5:30 p.m.
to 9:20 p.m. in MPX 8620.
In
July-August
we meet on
Tuesday and
Thursday mornings, again in MPX 8620.
During the
July period
children
come to campus for the two mornings, so it is important that students
registered for Educ. 424 keep both those two mornings free, despite the
schedule description of our meeting times.
The format of our class sessions in May and June will comprise a
lecture presentation
(c. 5:30 - 7:00),
followed by a break. The core program
is attached. Generally we aim for informality during the second half of
each session (e.g., clinical discussions, films).
The words of a member of a previous class are appropriate. In
speaking of her experiences with her LD husband and LD son, "Gisele"
said:
'Uwe have learned nothing more from this course, let us take
to heart the concept of the safe eiiviromnent... I have seen
within my own family the results of both the constructive and
destructive powers that we as teachers wield. I have seen the
results of an abusive school environment in an adult who will
always carry the scars. I have also seen a miraculous
transformation a child whose future looked very bleak given
new hope, direction, and potential for success.'
We wish you a happy and productive semester, and we promise to
make your learning environment as safe as we possibly can.
Sincerely,
Leone M. Prock, Ed.D.
Professor
Faculty of Education
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