SPED 462: Clinical in Special Education: Focus on Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities

Course Description

Clinical in Special Education: Focus on teaching students with significant disabilities is designed to give candidates experience working with children with significant 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 also assist the cooperating teacher in other areas, such as assessments, observations, reports, and communicating with parents and other staff members. Prerequisites: SPEC ED 351, 354, and 355 OR SPEC ED 309, 371, 373, 374, and 375. Taken one to two terms prior to student teaching.