| Online Class: Educating and Understanding the Exceptional Child | 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.
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish.
An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools
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1.0 CEUs |
Course Description 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.
Dr. William Killion teaches Educating and Understanding the Exceptional Child for parents, teachers and caregivers.
The 3 goals for students taking this course are as follows: 1.) To demonstrate insight into various aspects of people with special needs.
2.) To become proficient in administering the Functional Independence Skills Handbook assessment.
3.) To demonstrate skills in making and using creative lesson plans focused to the unique personal needs of the student. The class has over 30 lessons and students will need to purchase The student will need to purchase "The Functional Independence Skills Handbook or F.I.S.H. program."
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this
online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and
CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.
Course Lessons Optional Certificates Awarded - Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
- Certificate of Academic Excellence
This certificate requires a score of 85% or better for each of the 5 exams and the certification exam. In addition submission of the scores from an assessment and seven creative lesson plans are part of the required assignments.
Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit.
Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official.
To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service.
Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers
to verify your achievement).
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