| Articulation | | Curriculum and Instruction | | Early Education (1 Class) | | | Violence and Children
A course that will help parents and educators understand the effects of violence and its impact on children. During the past 25 years, violent crime among juveniles has more than quadrupled, and weapons offenses for children ages 10-17 have doubled. What has happened? We must try to understand why violent and horrific events are occurring with alarming frequency. Who is to blame? Schools? Parents? Media? And more importantly, what can be done to prevent this escalation? This class will provide alarming but basic facts and statistics about violence and children; discussion regarding the news report, Little Criminals; possible causes of violence and early identification of potential for violence; how to help children avoid violent conflicts; and finally solutions that parents and educators ideas and resources to help prevent violence in their homes, schools and communities. | | Education (23 Classes) | | | American Government 101
Do you need to brush-up your knowledge of the American political system? Have you forgotten or feel slightly 'hazy' about the structure of the American government, the details of the Constitution or the exact division of the three branches of government (and exactly what are those three divisions)? Are you interested in discovering how our current political parties were formed or the impact of public opinion, mass media and special interests groups on today's American policies? If you answered yes to these questions, this online course can be your ideal learning resource. Written with the belief that understanding the foundations of the America system of government is necessary to fully comprehend America's current political system, this self-paced course is appropriate for learners of any age (homeschoolers, high schoolers, college students or just inquisitive people). Our easy-to-understand online format is perfect for those seeking review, extra tutoring, test prep or general educational enhancement. | | | Anatomy-Beginners and Beyond
This course will meet or exceed educational requirements for the study of the human body, Beginners Anatomy and it's adjustable for Intermediate Anatomy levels. Have you ever wondered why the Funny Bone is called that? Did you know that you blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day? Did you know that an eyelash life is about 150 days before it falls out or that 400 gallons of blood flow through your kidneys each day? What about your body's blood vessels--placed end to end all would measure about 62,000 miles. All those (and hundreds more) strange but true facts are found here! Early learners and advanced alike will enjoy this course! First we teach you the body parts, then the systems and then the functions of each. Filled with interactive games, online movies and activities, and an Academics Achievement Competition! It is a fun learning experience for the whole family. | | | Building Children's Writing Skills
Is your child struggling to put pencil to paper? How well can he or she write reports for school work? Written expression is such an important skill that we need to be POSTIVE that kids are learning to write competently. You can help! This class offers helpful information about how the writing process develops, and lots of exercises to boost skills. Expand vocabulary, improve sentence structure, and develop organizational skills using the convenience of email. See you soon! 3 different exercises are available each week to develop and build writing skills. There is also an assortment of extra exercises to do if you feel like more work is needed. In addition, there are 6 lessons for parents/adults to use for discovering how writing develops. Many of these also contain optional exercises for children. Each activity will focus on an important writing skill, like fluency, structure, mechanics, paragraphing, or sentence development. Exercises are new each week, and are available at several levels of difficulty. Parents may choose to receive feedback on children's work from an experienced teacher/tutor or critique the child's work themselves. Those who do not wish feedback can use the promotional code 1000 to enroll for the reduced rate of $10 and will be offered exercises to use or print out for four weeks (total of 12 exercises). Remember, children under 13 must enroll with a parent. Let's get started! Together, we can build your child's writing skills! | | | Caring for Children
Caring for Children If you're a parent or child care professional (or want to become one), if you want to improve your child care skills, this course will teach you how to care for the children in your life with confidence and ease. You'll learn how to keep children safe, how to create an effective learning environment in your home, how to encourage healthy habits, and how to promote physical activity. You will discover techniques to help children communicate, solve problems, develop social skills, and build self-esteem. You'll also learn quick and easy ways to give yourself time to re-connect and meet your own needs. | | | College Admissions 101
The decision to go to college is a one of the most important choices you can make. The college admission process should not start at the end of a student's high school career. Preparing for college entails a lot of planning for the future and making very important decisions early on. This course will help prospective college students and their parents understand the steps that need to be taken in order to get ready for college. Topics covered are: basic terms, standardized testing, the application process, financial aid, scholarships and much more! | | | College at Home
Have you ever wanted to earn a college degree but have been unable to schedule your busy life around a college schedule? This course will show what options are available for busy working adults. You can now complete an accredited college degree from the comfort of your home. The instructor earned a bachelor's, 2 master's degrees, and a graduate certificate at home. If he did it so can you. There are no pre-requisites. This course is open to anyone who is interested in finishing their college degree online. | | | Defensive Teaching - They Don't Teach This Course in College!
Defensive Teaching THEY DON’T TEACH THIS COURSE IN COLLEGE You’ve heard of defensive driving? Well this course is called Defensive Teaching. College courses, supervisors, administrators, and books all tell us what to do in the 'ideal' class situation. Well this may sound radical but very few teachers have an 'ideal' class situation. If you do, this course is not for you. It’s a new day. I have been teaching since 1972 and have never seen anything like this. To quote a fellow teacher “We old timers feel like a square peg in a round hole”. I am just a few years from retirement and wish to share some survival techniques with you. I will relate actual incidents, show how I defended myself, then analyze what I should have done. Defensive Teaching is a progressive technique. As you work through the course, you will notice my progression. I will also focus on techniques other teachers have used – that work! Once you finish this course, you can pull ideas and techniques from it that will fit your personality and beliefs. NO one will agree with everything discussed. But it won’t hurt to try it. Something you learn in this course will work for you. If not, consider another profession (smile). | | | Education Basics
Learn how to get a job teaching! Find out how to organize and market yourself to school districts using proven resume and cover letter techniques. Explore the field of education and gain important pieces of information that will help you be successful in an interview. Students will learn How to design a resume and cover letter that will get you interviews Background information about the field of education Education topics and terms Roles and responsibilities of key players in school districts Expectations of state and federal education departments To use free resources to learn what you don't know Details about the New York State Education system Lesson planning techniques Teacher certification requirements | | | Family Safety
The Health and Safety course will give you the necessary safety and health measures you need to know. It is required that children know certain Health and Safety Facts at home and in school. This course will meet those requirements. Included are lessons on Automobile Safety, Child Care, Sports, Fire Safety, Bicycle/Scooter Safety, Health, Diet, Home Safety, Home & Garden Maintenance and Repairs, Internet Safety, Sun Safety, Swimming and Pool Safety and more! This course is written in simple layman terms, and more advanced facts are presented in this manner. The younger ones can learn right along with the older ones. Using many different learning skills, in the form of games, printout lessons, and additional activities, we will teach you how to teach your children safety. This course also provides you with dozens of actual coloring and activity books mailed to your home. They total well over our fee, and they are all FREE for the taking of this course! | | | GED Preparation
This online course will prepare you to take the GED (General Educational Development) test. The testing format will be explained and broken down to highlight the five testing areas along with the content each of these sections will cover. This course will provide many resources from test tips and strategies, practice tests and recommended book preparations, and researched netlinks attached to many test topics to be read at your own leisure. The GED test covers a wealth of information within the five-test sections. These test sections include English Grammar and the Mechanics of Writing, Social Studies, Science Studies, Math Studies and Literature Studies. You will not need to know all of the information in these areas to pass the GED, but you will need to know and understand several of the main topics in each area. This course highlights, provides a brief summary/definition/ or example of each of these main topics. | | | Get College Scholarships
Imagine walking out of college without owing a penny in student loans! Yes, you really can get college scholarships, and many students every year just like yourself get them. It is a myth that scholarships are only given to those with 3.8-4.0 GPA's. That is simply not true; and in-fact, many applicants with very minimal GPA's apply for and receive thousands of dollars in scholarships by applying what you will learn in this course. This course discusses what scholarships are, directs you to the best resources for finding thousands of scholarships, reveals how to appeal to scholarship committees, shows you how to complete the scholarship application, outlines vital verifications and criteria you will need that must accompany your application, shows you samples upon samples of what scholarships look like, it baby-steps you through writing an award-worthy scholarship essay and shows you actual samples of essays that have won scholarships. Finally, you walk through the process from research to tucking your application into the mail, to ensure you are clear on how to put your best foot forward and walk the path others have in winning their scholarships. This course consists of six lessons, assignments, netlinks, and quizzes to ensure you have understood the material. By the time you completed this course, you will know how to find and apply for scholarships, as well as how to write a personalized essay. Your instructor is a college instructor who teaches scholarship essay writing and who has been successful in coaching students in obtaining a number of various scholarships over the years. | | | Introduction to Adult Learning
This course is for individuals who teach or train adults as well as for adults who have returned to school after many years. This introductory 'train the trainer' course is for those who are looking to better understand how adults learn. Created to prove that you cannot teach adults as if they are children, this course gives an overview of learning theories and learning styles that support adult education. After this course students will be able to apply concepts to their lives to become effective instructors and students. | | | Introduction to Special Education
This is an introduction to the field of Special Education. It will help anyone to understand more clearly what Special Education is about. The course will provide definitions and insights into the various branches of Special Education. It will help especially parents to know what to look for and how to get help if they suspect that their child may need special educational services. The course will have six lessons which will cover the following topics: Learning Disabilities, Gifted and Talented, Emotional and Social Disorders, ADD/ADHD. | | | Introduction to the Psychology of Learning
This course will cover the basic theories of learning, particularly the behavioral and cognitive theories, and the more modern theories such as Brain-based learning and Multiple Intelligences. Everyone is involved in the learning process for at least a quarter of his life; some of us much more than that. Understanding the learning theories and how the brain actually functions leads to better performance both as a teacher and as a student. As a teacher of any age student understanding these theories and their implications will definitely make teaching more effective and reduce the frustration that most teachers feel. The lessons will cover the types of learning theories- Behavioral and Cognitive. There is a lesson on Brain-based learning and one on Multiple Intelligences. The more recent research in these two topics has had a major impact on teaching and learning. Although the course is written with teachers in mind, it is beneficial to anyone who wants a better understanding of the learning process- parents, students, etc. If you are thinking of entering the field of teaching or psychology this course will stimulate you to want to dig deeper and help you to make a decision. | | | Learning Styles and Discipline
Have you ever wondered what happened to paying attention, completing assignments, being respectful in the classroom? And, have you every wondered how to basically transform the way students think about their responsibilities during your lessons? Perhaps you are looking for a new way to deal with those perennial discipline problems. Or maybe you want to just get through to your students better than you have been without conflict. Now what if I told you that the issues you've been dealing with in the classroom can be solved more effectively and more easily than you ever imagined? That there are techniques-proven ways, in fact, to reach virtually any student that comes through your door? Well, those techniques are here and I present them to you in this class called Learning Styles and Discipline. In this informative class, you will learn proven strategies you can use to motivate students every day by understanding student's individial learning style and how that style is related to discipline. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover! This course will help K-12 educators explain the connection between learning styles and discipline. You will learn strategies for: 1. Teaching students how they learn best 2. Avoiding conflicts in your classroom BEFORE your class is disrupted. 3. Establishing rules for student cooperation 4. Delivering warnings effectively 5. Promoting positive behavior by choosing appropriate consequences I personally invite you to take the time and make this investment in your career. Your students will than you for it! | | | Making Math Fun!
Is your child having some trouble getting back into the 'swing' of math? Did he or she lose a bit of edge over the summer? Parents and teachers will enjoy these ideas to take the drudgery out of math practice! Turn math into a game with your children and forget about those boring drill activities. There are tons of ideas here for you to try, from magic and puzzles to active games that will appeal to the busiest youngsters. Skills covered range from number recognition and counting all the way up to statistics and probability concepts. There is a heavy emphasis on memorization of basic math facts, since that seems to be a troublesome area for so many. Drop on in and check it out! | | | Social and Emotional Learning
This course is for teachers particularly, but will also be useful to anyone involved in helping young people with their school- work. The course covers the basics of Social and Emotional Learning- what it is; why it is important in schools today. It also provides information on the concept of Emotional Intelligence and how it affects the academic learning. Participants will understand the connection between emotions and learning and therefore how to remove the emotional blocks to learning in their students.This combines some basic aspects of counseling in the classroom, but it goes beyond that. Focus will be on creating a supportive, nurturing , non-threatening environment in the classroom to enhance learning. | | | Special Education 101: Foundations, Purpose, & Challenges
Special Education 101 is the first in a series of relevant, innovative and dynamic courses developed and taught by a leading educator in this field. This course explains why people with disabilities deserve respect rather than pity in their quest for full engagement in school and post school life, why special education is mandated by policy and law to meet the education needs of students with disabilities, how its goals are affected by the nation's commitment to equalize educational opportunities for this group of learners, the revolutionary basis of these equal opportunity goals, why an equalized educational experience should empower students with disabilities to be self-determined at school and beyond, and how current practice falls far short of these equal rights expectations. This self-paced online class is ideal for teachers wanting to update their professional skills, classroom assistants seeking more knowledge about the field and parents trying to understand how best to argue for equal opportunities. Be informed and inspired without the hassle of commuting or matching a pre-determined schedule. If you are a well-disciplined and motivated learner, you will thrive in our instructor-led environment. | | | Spelling Brush-up
Spelling is one of the most problematic areas of the English grammar mechanics that there is. People of all ages and levels of education have problems with it. That's why computers were designed with spellchecks...however, even spellchecks don't decipher homonyms for you and computers aren't able to walk into your class room and do your assignments, exams or writings for you. Therefore, you are reliant upon your genuine spelling skills. Have no fear though, because even if you have had problems in the past with spelling, this course will truly help you. This course simplifies spelling by reducing it primarily to the four main rules: 'i before e,' 's or es in plurals,' 'adding, dropping, keeping and doubling consonants in word endings,' and 'homonyms'. Each of those rules are looked at indepth to ensure you understand them, providing substantial examples. Then, you are given the opportunity to expand your understanding of spelling by looking at other rules that make your long and short sounds. Finally, you are given a list of some of the most commonly used and problematic words in the English vocabulary and given tips for remembering their correct spellings. This course covers all that in seven well-written lessons: Introduction to Spelling, 'I before E,' 'S and ES in Plurals,' 'Adding, Keeping, Changing and Doubling Consonants in Word Endings,' 'Homonyms,' 'Other Rules for Long and Short Sounds,' and 'Problematic Words.' This course is taught by a college writing instructor. It is excellent for homeschoolers, GED students, ESL, college students, vocational applicants, employees and those wishing to refresh their spelling. | | | Theories of Child Development
This course will provide a broad overview of the child development theories of experts such as Piaget, Freud, Erikson, etc., with a focus on the physical, social, emotional and cognitive aspects of development. The aim of the course is to help parents, teachers, care-givers to understand the developmental process of childhood and be better able to help the child to develop and learn at an appropriate pace. | | | U.S. Citizenship Course
This course will help you to study for and prepare to take the American citizenship test you will need to apply for through INS. This course covers seven lesson that cover: important information that you will need in order to be eligible to apply for citizenship, American History, American Government, American Holidays and Symbols, U.S. Constitution (Preamble and Articles), U.S. Constitution (Bill of Rights and Articles) and 100 Practice Questions. The course takes you to websites that will let you see maps of Columbus' and other explorers journeys, world and U.S. maps with the 50 states and their capitals on them, information on all of the United States presidents and important events connected with them, diagram that shows the branches of the federal government as outlined by the U.S. Constitution, famous documents (such as The Emancipation Proclamation, Declaration of Independence, and U.S. Constitution), you will hear the Star Spangled Banner and see its musical score as written by Francis Scott Key, and you will take all sorts of practice tests with questions taken from real possible INS exams. Besides these lessons and netlinks, you will do assignments and take quizzes to help make sure you are learning your lessons. By the time you are done with this course, you should have a very good idea of what to expect on the U.S. citizenship exam, and you should be better prepared and more confident to make application for your American citizenship. | | | Vocabulary Building
Are you interested in building your vocabulary? Do you feel that your writing or your speaking vocabulary is below average? The purpose of Vocabulary Building is to beef up your everyday vocabulary with words that you could use in everyday conversation. A strong vocabulary will not only give you the tools to say and write exactly what you mean it can also help you on a job interview, communicate better with a doctor or your lawyer and certainly help you with school work. A good vocabulary makes you sound smarter, feel more assured and practically guarantees you'll be a better writer and speaker. The purpose of this vocabulary class is to beef up your everyday vocabulary with words that you could use in everyday conversation. The larger our vocabularies the more clearly we can communicate with others and understand what others are trying to communicate to us. This course will introduce some simple ways to learn new vocabulary words by practicing reading in context, by writing sentences using the words and by doing practice exercises and quizzes. The class is not a beginning or advanced vocabulary course. It's that in between course where so many people's vocabulary skills fit. So if you're interested in expanding your vocabulary skills in a self-paced, no stress format where an instructor actually reviews and corrects your sentence writing, why not give it a try? Enrich your life by enriching your vocabulary. | | | Writing for Academic Purposes
Writing an academic paper requires different skills than writing a letter to a friend or writing an article for a consumer magazine. Although there is a lot of information available on writing skills, a student still needs specific guidance through the process from choosing the topic to writing the reference list. This course is for students at all levels from high school to Ph. D. level. The lessons will help the students craft a thesis statement, provide information on how to use the library and the internet to search for sources, tips to improve writing skills for academic writing, and how to cite sources correctly. The course also directs the student to useful sites on the internet about researching and writing, thus saving the student the time and trouble of surfing the internet. If you have a term/research paper to write, this course will be an excellent opportunity for you to have someone walk you through it. The tutor will help you at each step so that you can revise, correct and re-write before handing in the final paper. | | Education Evaluation, Research, and Statistics | | Educational Administration | | Educational Psychology | | Educational/instructional Media Design | | Elementary Education (1 Class) | | | Accountable-Responsible Children
Is your child hyperactive? Do they have a lazy streak, or no desire to learn? Maybe they can't understand the concept of good behavior? If you or your children are on special diets due to behavioral or learning disabilities, this course will help you learn to take your special needs, and build a firm foundation in the management and recovery of it. You can teach your child to be accountable for their actions and resume a responsible way of life. The course can also help the millions of parents who want a way to keep their kids off Ritalin and other drugs-for behavioral issues. The majority of Doctors in the world are treating these behaviors with Ritalin and other potent psycho stimulants. With long term life-threatening effects from its long-term use, care givers are finding it paramount to begin to treat the real problems, not just the symptoms of it with these drugs. This course is intended for parents and teachers to obtain information and download resources to use with children. It will use online activities which will help you child become responsible for their own disabilities. By implementing the logs and Health Journal within, your children can learn with a daily routine, and be responsible for their actions. You will be building an entire Journal, which will be a useful resource for years to come. This will fit in with any notebooking students too! | | Higher Education (1 Class) | | | Stress: A Self-Help Guide
Learn why stress affects you. Stress affects all of us on a day to day basis. How we deal with stress is an individual choice and is often left untreated. When stress builds in our lives, we tend to feel the physical and emotional affects. In this course we will learn why stress affects us, why fight or flight (the body's natural defense mechanism) occurs and the difference between acute and chronic stress. Learn what the treatments are, both traditional and non-traditional, who to see and what you can do for yourself. There are no pre-requisites for this class. Knowing that stress is a part of life, why not learn to be proactive, not reactive to life's challenges. | | Home Schooling (6 Classes) | | | All About The Environment
The environment is everything around you. It makes up the world you live in. People's attitude can help or harm the environment. Not knowing how they can help is part of the problem. It is required that children know certain Environment Facts at home or for school. This course will meet those requirements. This course is written in simple layman terms, but more advanced facts are presented in this manner. The younger ones can learn right along with the older students. Using many different learning skills, in the form of games, printout lessons, and additional activities, we will show you how you can help protect your environment. | | | Dictionary/Thesaurus Skills
Every person, no matter what the curriculum, needs to know their Dictionary and Thesaurus Skills. These must be learned in order to achieve the basics of reading and writing . The skills taught in this course include, Synonyms, Homonyms, Compound Words, Word Definitions, Alphabetical order, Spelling, Adjectives, Verbs, Nouns and many other parts of speech. Each lesson could take a day or a week depending on your thoroughness. The lessons in this course are loaded with Educational Activities and FUN Learning! We have started with 15 core lessons and are adding more as we progressed, to keep the learning fresh. Each Class Lesson provides a logical method of breaking down the parts of speech and other information needed to learn Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Language Skills. The corresponding assignments will achieve the 'hands-on' approach of instruction', where we have loaded the course with over five dozen printouts, puzzles, games, and other teaching activities! Along the way, you will find Class polls and forum discussion, to see how others are learning from the class. There are over 60 related Net Links to learn from, and over two dozen References and Resources for Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, media, books, and more! To complement your class lessons, there are seven or more self quizzes, online quizzes and tests, to verify your newly learned skills. ****As a special bonus, included in the course, there is a Science class on Plants and Botany, various History facts of the world, including Ancient Egypt and more, a Writing unit where sentence parts are used, and many more spelling and language lessons!**** | | | Garden With A Child
Spring is here, and we are getting ready to start our little plant factories. This is the perfect time to start this course! You will find that Gardening is a great hobby. Exercise, accomplishment that you can grow your own food, more nutrients in the food you eat, learning about the environment, and so much more! Now magnify that by the fact that children love these things and love digging in the dirt too! Children also 'work' through their play, and their learning comes from having fun. Gardens are a wonderful place to teach our children. In this course, you will teach your child about the environment, soil composition, choosing the plants they will use, plant care, planting instructions and even when to harvest. Incorporated into these lessons are all curriculum standard requirements in the various subjects, with special grammar lessons included. Come learn while you have fun with the activities both off and online. Make a difference in your world while planting your garden with your child. Come plant your garden with us! HURRY! Limited time offer! To promote better health and education, we are offering this course with the added curriculum of Plant Basics! PLUS -We are reducing the price of the course an additional two dollars. Please join now, so you can plant an early garden. | | | Homeschooling Basics
Are you thinking about homeschooling your child? Homeschooling is one of the most rewarding experiences a parent and child can have. Teach your children your own beliefs and values. Emphasis the areas of study you feel are important. Imagine what your child will be able to accomplish when their teachers only concern is what’s best for them. You will also have the opportunity to learn along side your child. Think about the bond you will create with your child by spending quality time with them and sharing learning experiences together. This course will give you a good overview of what homeschooling is all about and how to get started. You will learn about the numerous resources and support available to homeschoolers. | | | Self Improvement Development Expo.
The Self Improvement Development Expo. is a course designed to help people, help themselves. My course uses techniques that are down to earth and easy to understand. While the focus is motivation, my goal is self improvement. My goal is to inspire all people to live with a passion that will influence each and every aspect of their life. Simple training techniques that will result in a more effective lifestyle. Whether at home, work, or play, your presence should make a difference. Today, many people are being challenged in various areas of life. The family, the workplace, finances, and relationships, just to name a few. At times, life in general can easily present obstacles that are hard to overcome. Whether you are seeking professional or personal power, my course will aid in the process of positive growth transformation. Learn how to use the tools that are essential to your progress. Reach out and take the first step to solving life's challenges today! | | | Teach Library Skills 2
This course teaches you how to navigate the library easily, and with confidence. You will learn the system of shelving, book classifications, and all the other important components to library efficiency. We will go into depth on subjects like History, Science, Health, Math, Zoology and much more. In addition to the many learning skills in the course, with your enrollment, you will receive a free copy of our beginners course Learn How to Teach Library Skills. Remember, if you are a student age 13 or under, an adult must enroll you. This class will meet all the education requirements and eduation standards of the elementary student. | | International Education | | Literacy (2 Classes) | | | Help for Your Struggling Reader
Join the growing list of families who have found answers for their struggling readers! Is your child struggling with school work? He or she seems to be smart, but doesn't get good grades or is labeled as 'lazy' or 'slow'? Does your child not enjoy reading the way you did when you were young? Chances are very good that there is an underlying reading problem. Many children read well enough to 'get by' but do not read efficiently or well. Others hide their reading problems by acting out, by refusing to do school work, or by avoiding reading whenever possible. There are ways to help! Don't let another year go by without offering some help to your student. Reading problems almost never 'go away' or become 'outgrown.' Specialized training and practice NOW can spare your child a lifetime as a disabled reader. Whether your student attends public or private school, or is homeschooled, sometimes standard reading instruction just isn't enough. In this class, you'll receive the guidance of an experienced tutor to track down and remediate a wide variety of difficulties. This class is a combination of on-line information and consultation service to help adults who are concerned about a struggling reader. Advice and suggestions are offered for many types of reading problems and are applicable to a wide range of age groups. Enrolled participants are invited to consult, receive weekly suggestions for helping their students, and use the information for four weeks, after which they will have 'completed' the class. Participants may then re-enroll (for a reduced fee of $20 for another month) if they desire to continue to have access to the consultation and information available here. | | | Nurturing Your Young Reader
Hey parents and child care providers! Want to give your preschooler or young child an extra boost in reading before the coming school year?? You don't have to be a certified teacher to provide your youngster with an edge in reading. There are many simple tricks and games that you can begin to use right now to raise a reader. Whether your child is two or six or somewhere in between, come to class to discover hands-on specifics to help build pre-reading and reading skills. Nurturing Your Young Reader offers parents, care givers, and teachers of young children information about the process of learning to read. Each lesson includes activity and game ideas to try with children as well as information about different aspects of the early reading process. The class should be helpful to parents/care givers of children between age three and seven or so. If you have an older child who is struggling with reading, you may want to check out my other class, 'Help for Your Struggling Reader', course number 2596. | | Mythology | | School Psychology | | Secondary Education | | Special Education (8 Classes) | | | Autism and Inclusion
This course will deliver knowledge on the current developments in inclusion, and will provide guidance and instruction in areas such as: teacher attitudes, preparation and effective instructional practices. In addition, it is designed to provide teachers with skills they need to make inclusion of students with autism successful. The course covers: (a) central features of effective inclusion education programs; (b) research involving teachers' and administrators' attitudes towards students with autism; (c) collaborative partnerships between general and special education teachers; (d) knowledge about effective teacher communication; (e) strategies for parental preparation for school, transition and other segments of life; (f) types of planning and factors involved in planning; (g) effective instructional inclusive strategies such as functional instruction, meaningful reinforcement, and peer support; (h) performance- based and portfolio assessment and how it can be used; and (i) IDEA 97 and its impact of the disciplinary policies of students with disabilities. | | | Educating and Understanding the Exceptional Child
All people, regardless of their limitations, can learn. This course presents insight and develops skills to help people with special needs reach their greatest personal potential. The overall goal is to directly enhance the functional skills and personal independence of people with these disabilities using proven and specialized training. In addition, various general topics related to this population are also presented. Functional skills across seven different domains of learning are presented. Experienced or novice instructors can benefit by learning specific techniques and lesson plans. Parents can benefit as well as the teaching techniques are presented in a straight forward manner. Upon concluding the course the student should acquire insight into various disorders, be able to give an assessment, use established lesson plans, create new person centered lessons and be able to objectively demonstrate where a person with special needs has grown from teaching efforts. This course creates a practical skill that is highly accountable and directly usable in teaching people with developmental disabilities. | | | Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders
This is an overview of autism spectrum disorders. The course is an examination of the psychological, physiological, social, and educational characteristics of individuals who have been identified as having autism, pervasive developmental disorder, Rett's disorder, Asperger's syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. By the end of this course, students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to: The definition and characteristics of learners with autism spectrum disorders; causes and prevalence of autism; assessment and education placement options for individuals who are considered in need of special education services; and intervention. In addition, students will learn how to write instructional objectives, long-term goals, individualized education programs, and instructional plans for children with ASD. Core Lessons: a) Definition and Characteristics b) Causes and Prevalence c) Assessment and Placement d) Instructional and Behavioral Intervention e) How to Write Instructional Objectives for Children with ASD f) How to Write Long-Term Goals (Annual Goals) for Children with ASD g) How to Write Individualized Education Programs for Children with ASD h) How to Write Instructional Programs for Children with ASD | | | Learning Disabilities
This four-unit course is intended to train teachers, administrators, and parents to master the skills and strategies that will: increase learning, self-determination, and help them to be able to adapt materials for students with learning disabilities. | | | New Age Movement: Christian Comparison
Is Christian thought compatible with New Age belief? Is the Biblical Anti-Christ and the New Age Matreya the same person? Or is Matreya the Christian Christ? What about sacred scriptures - can New Age adherent still believe in the Bible? What about the End times? Is the New Age holy number 666 the Biblical mark of the Beast? Come and study with us - you be the judge! | | | Parent Advocacy in Special Education: Strategies, Supports and Quality Control
This course presents information to help parents empower themselves to effectively advocate for their children with disabilities and to monitor and improve the quality of the programs developed for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. | | | Special Ed: Effective and Significant Approaches
This course presents educational approaches that are effective in establishing high rates of learning, building self-regulation skills, and increasing prospects for self-determination for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. Since many of the lessons and assignments are to be completed with children and youth in school settings, students interested in enrolling in this course must have access to the classroom. Course Lessons: By the end of the course, the student will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to: A. Basic Concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis Instruction B. Early Speaker Behavior C. Curriculum for Establishing Listener Repertoires D. Behavior Increase and Decreased Principles E. Measurement F. Teachers as Scientific Decision Makers G. Self-Regulation H. Assessment of Self-Regulation I. Monitoring Adaptive Responding J. Teaching Choice-Making and Problems Solving during Self-Regulation K. Self-Determination L. What is Self-Determination? M. Assessing Self-Determination N. Teaching Self-determination Skills O. Opportunities for Self-Determination P. Encouraging Self-Determination in Daily Living. | | | Special Education: Foundations, Behavior, Curriculum, Instruction, and Evaluation
This course establishes the foundations for employing positive approaches in the treatment of people with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders by covering the principles of equal opportunity and self-determination and their relationship to self-determined learning. This basis leads to prescriptions for self-determined learning and positive behaviors. The course covers: (a) approaches for dealing with challenging behavior (functional; behavior assessments; positive behaviors supports, and supportive instructional environments), (b) instruction methods (teaching self-regulation of inappropriate behavior, social behavior, and play; and the teaching of generalized self-regulation of independent work); (c) principles of curriculum design; (d) curriculum guides for self-determined learning (schedule following and self-monitoring; and self-regulation and self-determined learning); (e) school to work transition (generalization and adjustments during transition, transition programming, student-directed IEPs; (f) supported work (assessing workplace interests and opportunities, assessing and teaching cue-card use at work; teaching problem solving for adjustments at work; and (g) evaluation methods (daily progress evaluation; evaluations of self-determined learning, assessments of self-determination). | | Student Counseling (2 Classes) | | | Behavior Management for Childcare Workers
Behavior Management for Residential Childcare Workers will give you practical, tested ways of controlling difficult behaviors. You can learn how to STOP bad behavior in its tracks; and--which is just as important--how to facilitate positive change in the lives of residents. Study with someone who has served as a houseparent, a counselor, a program director, and as an executive director of a child care agency and learn the difference between behavior management and behavior modification; how to use, not misuse power and authority; five basic principles of behavior management, including how behaviors can be overtly and covertly taught; how to change behaviors by changing antecedents, staff triggers, and environmental triggers. The STOP method of shared control is introduced; and students will learn how to recognize, reward, and reinforce good behavior. | | | Children's Advocate
JOIN NOW !!! Have you ever wanted to become an advocate, or get into the field of social work? If you are a daycare worker: parent, or someone who has an interest in the welfare of children, this course would be beneficial. It is designed for people of all backgrounds: ages, cultures, and social status. It is useful for people to train in the area of child advocacy: outreach, childcare, and child safety. Children are at risk and are very vulnerable. This course is designed for people who wish to learn about all aspects of child protection : CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SAFETY IN THE HOME, SAFETY IN SOCIETY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, THE LAW, RITUAL ABUSE, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, THE CYCLE OF ABUSE, REFERRALS, and RELIGION . Includes many parts from my child sexual abuse class ! This course will also look into adequate housing: food, and clothing issues as they relate to children. Student posting will be used as a benefit for all enrolled in this program to ensure that all students can learn from other cultures: beliefs, social status, and communities. This course is made for students to ' work at your own speed ': also the benefit having the instructor there when needed by each student, on a one to one basis. Constant instructor positive feedback, and suggestions are available while the student is progressing towards their goals . copyright 2003 no part of this information is to be reproduced without the written permission of the instructor of this course. | | Teacher Education (1 Class) | | | Steps to Classroom Control
Classroom discipline can be a major problem for teachers. There are a number of methods teachers can use to maintain control in the classroom. This course will focus on what works and why. I learned most of this the hard way. Take my advice. This course will be helpful to new teachers, anyone planning to student teach, substitute teachers, and any other person who has to supervise a classroom. Methods learned will also be helpful to anyone who has to supervise a group of children in a non school setting such as Sunday School, Tutoring programs, etc. Though one lesson focuses on how to start the school year, the majority of the lessons include ideas and methods that can be implemented any time during the school year. | | Teaching English as a Second Language |
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