SPE 806 - Critical Issues in Special Education

3 hrs.

Advanced graduate seminar focused on current problems and issues in the field of Special Education. Topics to be included (but not limited to): identification/labeling; over-and under-representation; inclusion; high-stakes testing; teacher shortages; adult outcomes; funding; policy and law; and addressing fads/fallacies. Each issue will be addressed from a historical, legal and theoretical perspective, and will be examined from two divergent viewpoints.