SPED 355: Clinical in Special Education: Focus on Teaching Students with Mild-Moderate Disabilities

Course Description

Clinical in Special Education: Focus on teaching students with mild-moderate disabilities is designed to give candidates experience working with children with mild-moderate disabilities before they begin student teaching. The clinical provides another opportunity for candidates to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and dispositions as described by the InTASC Standards, Wisconsin Model Educator Standards, and to demonstrate their readiness for student teaching. Clinical candidates may assist the cooperating teacher in other areas, such as assessments, observations, reports, and communicating with parents and other staff members. Prerequisites: SPEC ED 351, 314, and 430.