SPE556 Planning and Designing Responsive Learning Environments

This course is designed to develop candidates' ability to collaboratively plan, design, implement and evaluate responsive learning experiences for students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Candidates will understand the importance of creating responsive learning environments to enhance the education of all students. Candidates will explore learning styles, cultural diversity and classroom teaching instructional strategies that enhance the learning of all students. Additionally, candidates will examine concepts related to disability in the context of diversity using both historical and current socio-political, philosophical, and psychological perspectives. They will further explore legislative, cultural and instructional implications for teaching students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Students are expected to complete a 15 hour clinical experience with this course. Prerequisite(s): Learning Behavior Specialist I certificate or consent of the program. For candidates taking the entire LBS II Curricular Adaptation Specialist sequence, this is the second course. 3 semester hours