Course Title: Exceptional Child

Course Number: EDUC& 204

Course Model: All online (you are not required to come to campus for this course)

Credits: 5.0

Course Date(s): July 3rd-August 11th, 2017 (only six weeks)

Course Location: BBCC CANVAS located at http://bigbend.instructure.com

ECE Instructor: Amber Giles

Office Location: I do not have an office on-campus, since I am an associate faculty member. Please e-mail me if you have questions.

Phone: (509) 488-7329 (home)
E-mail: amberg@bigbend.edu Alternative email: totallyteacher@gmail.com

Course Description: This course introduces students to various categories of disabilities, legal and historical foundations for special education services, as well as opportunities to design and access educational resources for exceptional children within a community of collaboration and inclusion.

Required Textbook: Allen, Eileen (2014) The Exceptional Child: Inclusion in Early Childhood Education, 8th edition
Additional Materials: A RELIABLE computer and high-speed Internet connection are absolutely necessary, if you are taking an online course

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:
1. Understand and describe the primary conditions for which children need additional support for optimal development and learning.
2. Understand and discuss the impact of disabilities on children and families.
3. Describe the history and philosophy of special education in the United States.
4. Describe the different types of intervention programs designed for children with special needs.
5. Explain the process used to identify children with special needs.
6. Explain the purpose and components of an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) and IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan).
7. Explain the rights and role of the family in developing an IEP and IFSP.
8. Identify conditions and behaviors reflecting possible special needs.
9. Understand and describe professional and ethical guidelines for early childhood special educators.
10. Understand and describe the least restrictive environment for young children with special needs.
11. Understand and describe ways to observe and document child performance.
12. Understand and describe ways to involve families in their child’s intervention plan with sensitivity to individual and cultural differences.

BBCC General Education Outcomes:

1. 1) Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively.
2. 3) Students will be able to solve problems by gathering, interpreting, combining and/or applying information from multiple sources.
3. 5) Students will be able to define and articulate concepts related to the culture of the workplace and community.

Participation: Participation is being actively involved in the online classroom discussions. Minimum participation is one original response and five comment responses to your classmates for each discussion forum. The original response must be at least 200 words and each comment response must be at least 50 words (five sentences). Posts must demonstrate critical thinking skills, content knowledge, and organization. This would consist of new ideas, your perspectives, pointed follow-up questions, etc. Please note that both quantity and quality are important considerations when it comes to participation. A message which says simply, "I agree," for example, would not constitute participation since it does not add anything of substance to the discussion. A substantial post reflects that the student is able to critically engage the material. This means that you demonstrate your ability to synthesize comprehensive reflections of the material for the week, referencing the readings, reference other posts where appropriate, while participating in critical dialogue with your peers and the instructor online in regards to the course content.

Participation can happen in several different ways including replying to a classmate’s original post, making a reply to another reply or replying to a submission by the instructor. All original posts must be submitted by Tuesdays (first discussion question), Thursdays (second discussion question), and Saturdays (third discussion question) at 11:59pm. All five replies must be submitted by Sundays at 11:59pm in order to earn full weekly attendance and participation points.

Assignments: Assignments and readings are outlined in weekly modules. Assignments include activities, discussion questions, and quizzes. They are designed to evaluate your understanding of the content and as a resource to utilize in your current or future work. Additional resources (videos, documents, etc.) are also posted in weekly discussion questions to reinforce concepts presented. It is imperative that you are logging into your course daily to ensure you stay on top of the work load. You should expect to spend about 15 hours per week on this course. LATE WORK WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE BEEN PREARRANGED WITH THE INSTRUCTOR (e.g. extended illness, death in family, etc.). Please remember, this is a college-level class, which means higher-level of critical thinking and grammatically correct work will be expected. This includes all forms of communication (assignments, discussions, e-mails). Review your work by using the CUPS method: C=capitalization, U=usage, P=punctuation, S=spelling. You have a variety of resources available to you, so please use them before you submit your work. Spell Check, English Lab on campus, E-Tutoring, your colleagues are options. If I cannot understand the content of your assignment due to grammatical errors, points may be deducted and/or you may be asked to redo the assignment.
Grading:
Grades will be based on points earned for the following:
Attendance/Professionalism/Participation 10%
Assignments: 20%
Weekly Discussion Questions 50%
Exams: 20%

Grading Scale:

Professionalism:
Demonstrating professional characteristics is one component of being a successful student and future leader in the educational field. Professionalism includes:
 Showing respect toward colleagues and instructor
 Being honest and trustworthy
 Being responsible for own actions/learning
 Being responsible for completing college-level work in a timely fashion
 Possessing a positive and cooperative attitude
 Maintaining a high-level of confidentiality
 Actively participating in online classroom

The following information is taken from the BBCC Student Handbook:

Student Code of Conduct Violations WAC 132R-04-057
Student Misconduct. Misconduct for which the college may impose sanctions
includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
1. Any act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, cheating
or plagiarism:
a. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, using, or attempting to use,
any material, assistance, or source which has not been authorized
by the instructor to satisfy any expectation or requirement in
an instructional course, or obtaining, without authorization, test
questions or answers or other academic material that belong to
another.
b. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, presenting or submitting
another person’s ideas, words, or other work in an instructional
course without properly crediting that person.
c. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, presenting
or submitting in an instructional course either information that is
known to be false (while concealing that falsity) or work that is
substantially the same as that previously submitted in another
course (without the current instructor’s approval).

Cheating can include any of the following:
1) Plagiarism
2) Using course materials on ‘closed’ assignments (exams, no open book/notes
3) Having someone else complete your assignment
4) Cheating on an in-class assignment
Plagiarism is defined as:
1) failing to properly cite quotations and borrowed ideas;
2) failing to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks;
3) failing to put summaries and paraphrases in your own words (and citing them).1

The only exception is common knowledge, which is information that your readers could find in any number of general sources because it is commonly known.1

**This definition applies to phrases of three or more words which are of substantive value.

Access and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
Big Bend Community College is committed to providing all students access to education and will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Please contact the Disability Support Services office (1400 Building, 509.793.2027, dss@bigbend.edu,) to inquire about services.

Non-Discrimination Policy:
Big Bend Community College District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, sexual orientation, veterans, age or religion in its programs and activities.

Please refer to the BBCC Student Handbook for additional information, if needed. Go to: (www.bigbend.edu) click on “student life” to access.

Additional Support Services:
Student Success Center (available to ALL BBCC students):
• Textbook checkouts
• Laptop checkouts
• Computer Lab
• Tutoring
• Study Sessions for Math and Science
• Peer Mentoring
• Workshops

Library/Computer Lab Hours for Summer:
Monday through Friday: 8 AM-4 PM (closed on weekends)

English Lab Hours for Summer:

Monday-Friday: 9 AM-3 PM