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Anna Luci Wymer
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Organization: Admin Affairs & Graduate Education
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Course Catalog Update Information:
STU0004
Reference Number: CCU006214
Date: 26-SEP-13
Level: 2.00 of 2.00
Currently On The Worklist Of: Catherine Hackney,
chackne1
Owner: Office of Curriculum Services, 330-672-8558 or 330-672-8559, curriculum@kent.edu
Basic Course Data
Change type: Establish
Faculty member submitting this proposal: Robert Cimera
Requested Effective Term: 201480
Campus: Kent
College: EH-Education, Health and Human Services
Department: LDES-Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
Course Subject: SPED-Special Education
Course Number: 53021
Course Title: Assessment for Individuals with Moderate to Intensive Needs
Title Abbreviation: Assessment Moderate/Intensive
Slash Course and Cross-list Information: SPED 43021 and SPED 53021
Credit Hours
Minimum Credit/Maximum Credit: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lecture - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours: 3 to 3
Contact Hours: Lab - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Contact Hours: Other - Minimum Hours/Maximum Hours:
Attributes
Is this course part of the LER, WIC or Diversity requirements: No
If yes, course attributes: 1.
2.
3.
Can this course be repeated for credit: No
Repeat
Course Limit:
Course Level: Graduate
Grade Rule: B-Standard letter
OR Maximum Hours:
Rationale for an IP grade request for this course (if applicable):
Schedule Type(s): 1. LEC-Lecture 2.
3.
Credit by Exam: N-Credit by exam-not approved
Prerequisites & Descriptions
Current Prerequisite/Corequisite/Catalog Description:
Catalog Description (edited): Investigates issues and methods for assessing the academic, behavioral, physiological,
mental health, and life skills of individuals with moderate to intensive disabilities. Interpretation of norm- and criterion
formal assessments, creation of alternative assessments, modification of informal assessments, ecological and communitybased assessments specific to individuals with low incidence and multiple disabilities.
Prerequisites (edited): SPED 63000
Corequisites (edited):
Registration is by special approval only: No
Content Information
Content Outline:
Content Hours
per Course
Topic Description
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Philosophical, historical and ethical
issues involved with assessing
individuals with moderate to intensive
disabilities.
Understanding standardized
achievement and aptitude
assessments.
Creating alternative assessments and
modifying informal and in-class
assessments for individuals with
moderate to intensive disabilities.
Understanding results from
physiological assessments for
individuals with moderate to intensive
disabilities.
Understanding results from
communication and sensory
impairments for individuals with
moderate to intensive disabilities.
Understanding results from mental
health assessments for individuals with
moderate to intensive disabilities.
Understanding results from adaptive
behavior assessments for individuals
with moderate to intensive disabilities.
Understanding community-based and
ecological assessments for individuals
with moderate to intensive disabilities.
Understanding results from vocational
and recreational interest assessments
for individuals with moderate to
intensive disabilities.
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Total Contact Hours: 45
Textbook(s) used in this course: Instead of a textbook, this course will be utilizing a wide range of formal and informal
assessment instruments.
Writing Expectations: Students will be required to write education plans based upon provided assessment data. Graduate
students in this course will also be required to write a paper discussing issues related to assessing low-incidence
populations.
Instructor(s) expected to teach: Robert Cimera
Instructor(s) contributing to content: Robert Cimera
Proposal Summary
Explain the purpose for this proposal:
Presently, students in the moderate to intensive program do not take any courses on assessing individuals with moderate to
intensive disabilities. An advisory board of past graduates, professionals in the field, and schools who have hired our
students have identified this as a substantial limitation of our program. Creating this new course will better prepare our
students for becoming professionals in the field. Learning outcomes for this course will include: building an understanding of
historical and ethical issues associated with assessing individuals with moderate to intensive disabilities, creating alternative
assessments based upon the unique needs and abilities of students with moderate to intensive disabilities, and applying
data from a wide range of academic, physiological, aptitude, ecological and interest assessments to educational plans. Inclass activities for this course will include (but are not limited to): the modification of traditional assessments based upon
the hypothetical needs of students with moderate to intensive disabilities, practice giving formal and informal assessments
traditionally utilized in school and community-based settings, and the interpretation of proposed data and its potential
implications on a student's educational plan. Out-of-class activities for this course will include (but are not limited to): the
creation of educational and lesson plans based upon given assessment data, researching issues regarding the assessment of
individuals with moderate to intensive disabilities (e.g., ethical issues related to assessment bias, limitations on traditional
assessments, input-output biases) and the giving of assigned assessments on fellow classmates.
Explain how this proposal affects program requirements and students in your unit:
The proposed course will replace the existing assessment course that students currently have to take. This proposed course
will not add any additional requirements or credits to degree for students in our unit.
Explain how this proposal affects courses, program requirements and student in other units:
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Explain how this proposal affects enrollment and staffing:
Presently, four sections of Assessment in Special Education are offered each year. The proposal will result in one of these
sections become an assessment course specific to the needs of moderate to intensive learners. A faculty member from the
moderate to intensive licensure program will staff this course.
Units consulted (other departments, programs or campuses affected by the proposal):
This course is only offered to Special Education students. The Special Education program is in agreement with this proposal.
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12/6/2013 Susan M Augustine Approved
9/26/2013 Robert Evert Cimera Initially Saved As Draft
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