SPED/557
Collaboration with Families of Students with Disabilities
Online
Format
$525
Estimated Tuition
3 credits
Total credits
4 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Continuing Teacher Education
This course focuses on the interrelationships of varied services for students with disabilities. Emphasis is placed on meeting the academic and social-emotional needs of students with disabilities by working with parents, professionals, and community services to develop collaborative and productive professional relationships. This course is not available for enrollment to residents of Alabama, Arkansas, and Kentucky.
Prerequisites
None
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
Week 1
- Examine the dynamics of family structures and the effect of family characteristics on students with disabilities.
- Describe the family life cycle for families of students with disabilities.
- Identify the natural supports built within families and the influence on typical students in families of students with disabilities.
- Evaluate the effects of cultural and demographic contexts on families of students with disabilities.
- Examine the experiences of grief and loss for families of students with disabilities.
Week 2
- Examine the history of special education laws and litigation that support family involvement in educational systems.
- Identify changes to the Individual's with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that strengthened the family's role in the IEP process.
- Explain the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) in the context of special education.
- Investigate the use of advocacy, self-advocacy, and self-determination in the context of special education. Investigate national and local family support agencies and service providers for families of students with disabilities.
Week 3
- Investigate national and local family support agencies and service providers for families of students with disabilities.
- Evaluate the coordination process between family support agencies, service providers, and families of students with disabilities.
Week 4
- Examine effective family-school partnerships.
- Explore successful collaboration and communication skills for family-school conferences and the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) process.
- Evaluate conflict resolution strategies for collaborative settings.
- Investigate the differences between levels of collaboration during the family life cycle (early childhood, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary).