Course Description
SPED 586A
Clinical Practice/Seminar for Moderate to Severe Disabilities I (Student Teaching)
Units: 2
Students with moderate to severe disabilities require specialized support to address unique learning needs resulting from a range of intellectual, behavioral, emotional, communication, sensory, and/or motor impairments. During clinical practice, teacher candidates are provided with on-site experiences that provide the support described in the students’ Individual Educational Programs (IEP). These experiences include, but are not limited to, creating an appropriate classroom physical environment for students with moderate to severe disabilities, conducting formal and informal assessments in order to determine the students’ current levels of performance, planning instructional level annual goals and short-term objectives that are aligned with the California Content Standards, monitoring students’ progress toward instructional goals and short-term objectives, identifying behaviors impeding learning, and remediate by implementing positive behavior supports.