SPED 6636 Health Care of Students with Special Needs

This course provides an overview of health care of students with special needs, practical application of skills in the classroom, and legal/ethical considerations.

Credits

3

Typically Offered

summer

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. Candidates will understand the impact of sensory impairments and physical and health exceptionalities on individuals, families, and society. SEMLO 1
2. Candidates will understand effects of various medications, etiologies and medical aspects of conditions affecting individuals with exceptionalities. SEMLO 1
3. Candidates will understand types and transmission routes of infectious disease and use universal precautions. SEMLO 1, 2
4. Candidates will use techniques of physical positioning and management of individuals with exceptionalities to ensure participation in academic and social environments, to ensure student and teacher safety, to decrease inappropriate tone and to facilitate appropriate postural reactions to enhance participation. SEMLO 2
5. Candidates will consider healthcare needs of individuals with disabilities to create or adapt appropriate learning plans including instructional strategies for medical self-management procedures. SEMLO 3
6. Candidates will understand laws and policies related to provision of specialized health care in educational settings. SEMLO 3
7. Candidates will understand specialized health care interventions for individuals with physical and health exceptionalities in educational settings in order to select, plan, integrate, and coordinate activities of related services’ personnel to maximize direct instruction for individuals with exceptionalities. SEMLO 2, 3, 7