ECED 370: Adaptations, Modifications and Planning

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Class Program

Teaching BAS

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092513

Meets Degree Requirements For

Restricted Elective

Description

Use evidence-based strategies to adapt and modify curriculum and environments for individual children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse and their families. Integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and practices to create lessons for children and their families based on IFSP outcomes, IEP goals, or 504 plans.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

Admission into the BAS-Teaching Program and minimum 2.0 on all previous 300-level ECED and EDUC courses.

Course Learning Outcomes

Select, adapt, and modify individualized assessments for learners including accommodations, technology, and alternative assessments.

Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive IFSP, IEP, and 504 plans in collaboration with team members, families, and infants and children, as appropriate.

Develop and select instructional content, resources, and strategies for learners incorporating cultural, linguistic, and developmental differences and aligning with IFSP, IEP, and 504 goals.

Utilize and adapt instructional strategies and materials according to the characteristics of learners including social, emotional, adaptive, cognitive, academic, and behavioral needs.

Prepare lesson plans, organize materials, and monitor implementation of early intervention services and specially designed instruction for self, paraeducators, and general educators.

Use research-based strategies and interventions to facilitate inclusion within a continuum of service including appropriate accommodations, curriculum modifications, and alternatives.

Use technology to implement progress monitoring and use data to develop and modify instructional plans.

Evaluate the need for assistive technologies and incorporate assistive technologies when appropriate to ensure all students are included in the classroom community.

Core Topics

Theories and research that form the basis of special education curriculum and instruction
Research-based strategies for effective management of teaching and learning in individual, small group, and large group settings
Research-based methods for increasing learning in adaptive, social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and communication domains
Accommodations, modifications, technology, and alternatives and when to apply each in classroom, district, and state testing
Collecting and tracking data for individual and whole class progress monitoring
Classroom management strategies