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CENTRE FOR ONLINE AND DISTANCE EDUCATION

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSI

LEARNING DISABILITIES

C100

Teachers and healthcare professionals in the field of learning disabilities in Canada are faced with

challenge of integrating ideas from academic disciplines that have their origins in diverse schools of

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What consensus is there in the field regarding the characteristics of children with learning disabilities?

the neurobiological, social, and cultural origins of learning disabilities? What can teachers and health

professionals do to better understand children with learning disabilities? Education 422 is a theory ba

that reviews the conceptual and research dimensions of learning disabilities from a North American a

international perspective. It forms a framework for the more practical dimensions of teaching childrei

learning disabilities presented in Education 424: Learning Disabilities laboratory (for which Educ

422

prerequisite or corequisite).

PREREQUISI1E1

315 or PSYC 250.

TEXT(S):

Smith, C. R. (2004

yearning Disabilities: The Interaction

of

Students and Their Environments.

(5th ed.). Pearso

(Allyn & Bacon).

REQUIREMEN1'ine

participation(responses to readings'& assign.)

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30%

Annotated bibliography ?

10%

Position paper outline

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10%

Position paper ?

20%

Final exam

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30%

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To review the exam schedule

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NOTE:

Students requiring accommodation as a result of a disability, must contact the Centi

Students with Disabilities (778-782-3112 or csd_office@stii.ca

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DELIVERY MQ4Th

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Cburses/Outlines," click on the department name, click on the course outline link, and then click on

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Course materials and service fee

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$40.00

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