EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION

COURSES OFFERED

ACADEMICS - SUBJECT AREAS: GRADES 9-12
Credit: Multiple

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to provide instruction in knowledge and skills to enable students with disabilities to function at their highest levels and prepare to participate effectively in postschool adult living and the world of work.

Reading: 9-12
Life Skills reading: 9-12
Science: 9-12
Career Education: 9-12
English: 9-12
Math: 9-12
Health and Safety: 9-12
Life Management and Training: 9-12
Life Skills Communication: 9-12
Life skills Math: 9-12
Social Studies: 9-12
 


SUPPORTED LEVELS: 9-12

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to provide instruction in academic concepts and skills to enable students with disabilities to function at their highest levels and participate effectively in the community. Emphasis will be placed on the practical application of academic skills as they relate to daily living tasks of personal life and the workplace.

Academic Skills for Functional Living
Communication Skills for Functional Living
Personal and Home Skills for Functional Living
Leisure and Recreation Skills for Functional Living
Community and Social Skills for Functional Living


PARTICIPATORY LEVELS: 9-12

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to enable students with disabilities to function at their highest levels and develop the ability to transmit or receive information, thoughts, or feelings through a communication system.

Cognitive and Linguistic Skills
Life Sustaining and Environmental Interaction Skills
Leisure/Recreation Skills for Improvement of Quality of Life
Development-Functional Motor and Sensory Skills


SPECIAL SKILLS COURSES

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to enable students with disabilities to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to prepare for postschool adult living.

Preparation for Postschool/Adult Living
Social and Personal Skills
Skills for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Learning Strategies
Skills for Students Who Are Visually Impaired
Orientation and Mobility Skills
Skills for Students Who Are Gifted
Unique Skills


MISCELLANEOUS

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to provide experience and opportunities for students with disabilities to develop motor skills and to participate in various physical activities that may be modified to meet individual needs.

Specially Designed Physical Education
Driver Education for Special Learners
Visual and Performing Arts


GIFTED

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to provide students who are gifted with special skills and experiences to do independent research and projects and to provide opportunities for in-depth studies under the direction of selected faculty.

Research Methodology for Students Who Are Gifted
Externship for Students Who Are Gifted
Studies for Students Who Are Gifted


THERAPY

Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of these courses is to provide instruction to students with disabilities who have physically disabling conditions, including sensory motor or neuromuscular deficits that substantially limit one or more major life activities and require adaptation of the school environment or curriculum in order to benefit from an educational program.

Physical Therapy
Occupational therapy
Speech Therapy
Language Therapy
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