EC219 Inclusion of Special Needs Pre-Schoolers in Early Childhood Programs
INSTRUCTOR: Becky Davis
EMAIL: gdavis@sault.com
DEPARTMENT: Early Childhood Education
CREDITS: 3 Credit Hours
PRE-REQUISITE: EC212, ED111, SI117
COURSE DESCRIPTION:This course will provide practical information about how to create and implement a high quality learning environment for children with special needs, within an Early Childhood program serving typically developing children.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon successful completion of the course each student will:
- Students will be able to define the characteristics of a high quality pre-school program, when one or more of the children have special needs in physical, cognitive, language, social or behavioral development.
- Students will identify learning experiences that will create optimal learning opportunities for all children enrolled in an inclusion program.
- Students will describe the federal legislation that mandates the inclusion of, and services for, special needs children in early childhood programs.
- Student will identify strategies that create effective parent-professional relationships.
- Students will be able to define the role of developmentally appropriate
practice as it applies to assessment of preschoolers with special needs.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
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The Exceptional Child Inclusion in Early Childhood Education, (Fifth or Sixth Edition). K. Eileen Allen and Ileen S. Schwartz; Delmar, 2008. ISBN: 6th Ed. 1-418-07405-5 |
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Do You Hear What I Hear, Fialka and Mikus ISBN: 1-882792-85-8 |
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Building Blocks Sandall and Schwartz ISBN: 1-55766-576-1 |
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Information about Early Childhood Education
Advisor.
Course Requirements:
- Assignments are graded and returned to students via e-mail. You should
wait for the instructor’s response to the assignment before submitting
the next assignment, to avoid making the same mistakes a second time.
- Due dates for the next assignment will be given to you when assignments
are returned. Late assignments will not postpone the next assignment due
dates. You must submit assignments weekly to complete the course in the
required 15 weeks.
- Each weekly assignment is expected to take approximately 4-6 hours, including
reading, to complete. Please plan to spend that amount of time in order
to submit a quality assignment and learn from this course.
- You may submit assignments early, and complete the course in less than
15 weeks. I will adjust the due date of the assignment, each being one week
from the previous assignment, if you wish to complete the course early.
- Assignments are to be submitted weekly, and points will be deducted for
late submissions. 2 points for each date beyond the due date will apply
to all late assignments. Individual arrangements can be made ahead of time
to submit assignments early and skip a week for circumstances such as vacation
or holidays when you may be away from your computer. If you have actually
read this far, you will be rewarded during assignment one.
- Spelling, grammar and punctuation will apply to all assignments. Responses
must be submitted in complete sentences.
- When responding to short answer or essay questions, it is best if you
organize your response by restating the question, summarize your theory,
and then provide information or observational support for your response.
- College level writing will be expected. Points will be awarded for demonstration
of your ability to identify and illustrate your comprehension of the concepts
presented in the text books.
- If you have an issue or concern with the assignment, due date, or other course or college related problems, please feel free to e-mail me. I will be happy to help you. I want you to be successful in this course, but I cannot help if I do not know you need help.
GRADING:
Grades will be based on points accumulated for each assignment. Points are
awarded for demonstration of your comprehension of the concepts through your
response to each assignment.
Points will be deducted for assignments not submitted by the due date. 2 point deduction for each day beyond the due date will apply. If there are technical (computer) difficulties, we will discuss any assignment adjustments needed on an individual basis. If you can’t get through to me or BMCC via e-mail, please call BMCC.
You will be provided with a grade average following weeks 6 and 15. If you
want a progress report at other times, please ask.
All final grades will be reported to BMCC the Monday following your assigned
completion date, or following the submission of assignment 15, whichever comes
first. You will receive your grade with the final assignment response. If
you feel that this grade is incorrect, please e-mail me immediately. Grades
reported to BMCC take a few working days to post, please have patience. If
you don’t receive your grade report from BMCC within 3 weeks, please
call BMCC.
There are 750 points available for the course work. Each assignment has a
50-point value. Please notice the point value for each section. The point
value will give you a clue about the depth of the response expected. The higher
the point value, the more detailed and inclusive your response should be.
| Grades will be as follows: | |||
750-675 |
points |
100-90% |
A |
674-600 |
points |
89-80% |
B |
| 599-525 |
points |
79-70% |
C |
| 524-450 |
points |
69-60% |
D |
| 449-0 |
points |
59-0% |
F |
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