Special Education 501:
Development & Characteristics of Children and Youth with Disabilities
Special Education 501:
Development & Characteristics of Children and Youth with Disabilities
About the Course Modules...
All instructional content presented in this course is organized according specific themes or modules. Each module is a collection of instructional slideshows, associated documents, student activities, and related website links.
Keep in mind, the instructional content presented in each module is correlated to the material presented in the course textbook as well as formal assessments hosted on NEIU Blackboard.
It is the graduate student’s responsibility to follow the sequence of each module, maintain an appropriate reading schedule of the textbook material and take the assessments hosted on NEIU Blackboard within the given window of time.
Extensions on assignments or the course notebook will not be provided.
Additionally, access to missed assessments on NEIU Blackboard will not be granted.
Course Modules
Course Modules
Click the Links Below to Begin Each Module
Module One: Causes of Disabilities and Conditions
Module Two: Working with Children and Adolescents Considered “At-Risk”
Module Three: Learning Disabilities
Module Four: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Module Five: Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Module Six: Communication Disorders
Module Seven: Physical and Severe Disabilities
Module Eight: Traumatic Brain Injury
Module Nine: Auditory Impairment & Deafness; Visual Impairments & Blindness