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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Education 426-4
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INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS?
(E2.00)
Spring Semester, 1994
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Instructor: ?
Dr. P. Mirenda
(January 4 - March 31)
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Office:
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CBI Consultants
Tuesdays, 4:30 - 8:20
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Phone: ?
937-7719
Location: Richmond
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Fax: ?
251-1057
PREQUISITE:. 60 credit hours
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 complete three written assignments and a term paper related to the
research and theory base of the course. Equal weight will be given to each of the following:
1 Developing a social integration plan for an identified student....................................20%
2 Conducting activity and standards inventories in regular classrooms...........................20%
3 Developing an IEEE and instructional plan for an identified student............................20%
4 Research paper on a selected topic related to integration and inclusion
of students with moderate-severe disabilities in regular classrooms............................25%
In addition, students will be evaluated on class attendance and participation..................15%
Students will be expected to attend all classes.
READINGS:
Book chapters and journal articles will be compiled into a reading packet that will be produced for
students by the Richmond School District. Students will be assigned weekly reading from this
resource. The readings will be taken from the following sources:
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
[professional journal].
Bikien, D. (1985). Achieving the complete school: Strategies for effective
mainstreaming.
NY: Teacher's College Press.
Brown, F., & Leer, D. (1989). Persons with profound disabilities: Issues and
practices.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
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Falvey, M. (1989).
Community-based curriculum: Instructional strategies for students with severe
handicaps.
Baltimore, Paul H. Brookes.
Ford, A., Schnorr, R., Meyer, L., Davern, L., Black, J., & Dempsey, P. (1989).
The Syracuse
community-referenced curriculum guide for learners with moderate-severe disabilities.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Fuliwood, D. (1990). Chances and choices: Making integration work
Baltimore: Paul H.
Brookes.
Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
[professional journal].
Mount, B., & Zwernik, K. (1988).
It's never too early, it's never too late.
St. Paul, MN:
Metropolitan Council, Publication No. 421-88-109.
O'Brien, J., Forest, M., Snow, J., & Hasbury, D. (1989).
Action for inclusion: How to improve
schools by welcoming children with special needs into regular classrooms.
Toronto: Frontier
College Press.
O'Brien, J., & Lyle, C. (1987).
Framework for accomplishment.
Decatur, GA: Responsive
Systems Associates.
Orelove, F.P., & Sobsey, D. (1987).
Educating children with multiple handicaps.
Baltimore: Paul
A. Brookes.
Rainforth, B., York, J., & Macdonald, C. (1992).
Collaborative teams for students with severe'
disabilities: Integrating therapy and educational services.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Sailor, W., Anderson, J., Halvorsen, A., Doering, K., Filler, J., & Goetz, L. (1989).
The
comprehensive local school: Regular education for all learners with disabilities.
Baltimore: Paul
H. Brookes.
Stainback, W., & Stainback, S. (1985). Integration of learners with severe handicaps into regular
schools.
Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
Stainback, W., & Stainback, S. (1990). Support networks for inclusive schooling: Interdependent
integrated education.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Stainback, S., & Stainback, W. (1992). Curriculum considerations in inclusive classrooms.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Stainback, S., Stainback, W., & Forest, M. (1989).
Educating all students in the mainstream of
regular education.
Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
