Kean University
Union, New Jersey
COURSE TITLE
The Disabled Person in American Society
Course Number
ID 2955
Semester Hours:
Three
Prerequisites:
NONE
Limitations on Enrollment:
30
Catalog Description: Explore issues related to adaptation and modification for those with
disabilities in American Society. Settings such as the school, home, and workplace will
be examined.
N.B. In order to ensure full class participation, any students with a disabling condition
requiring special accommodations (e.g., tape recorders, special adaptive equipment,
and special note-taking or test-taking procedures) will be strongly encouraged to contact
the professor at the beginning of the course. For the student’s convenience, both the
professor’s office hours and telephone number will be listed on the syllabus.
4/12/11
Kean University
Union, New Jersey
The Disabled Person in American Society
1. Course Objectives
Students will achieve growth toward becoming informed, dynamic professionals,
as evidenced by demonstration of proficiencies in knowledge, skill application,
dispositions needed for including people with disabilities. Students will:
A. Identify and incorporate into a social and professional framework the legal
and historical bases for including people with disabilities (K,S)
B. Delineate a variety of procedures that may be used to plan for including
people with disabilities into social institutions (K,S,D)
C. Define (describe) a range of disabilities apt to be in American Society (K,S,D)
D. Articulate adaptations and modifications in order to include people with
disabilities (K,S,D)
E. Demonstrate an understanding of the use of technology to assist individuals
with disabilities within a variety of settings (K,S,D)
F. Compile management strategies for including individuals with disabilities in a
variety of social settings (K,S.D)
G. Analyze his/her own feelings about including people with disabilities
(particularly severe disabilities) into the school, home, and workplace (K,S,D)
II.
Course Content
A. Legal and historical bases for inclusion (K,S)
1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 101-476)
2. The Americans with disabilities Act of 1990
3. Education of the Handicapped Act (P.I. 94-142)
4. Amendments to Vocational Rehabilitation Act (P.L.93-112)
5. Regular Education Initiative (REI)
6. New Jersey Administrative Code (6:28) Pilot Districts
7. Integration vs. mainstreaming vs. inclusion
B. Planning for Inclusion (K,S,D)
1. Co-teaching
2. Paraprofessional referrals
3. Collaborative team building
4. Diversity awareness and sensitivity
5. Family involvement
6. Identifying and programming
7. Defining faculty roles
8. Teaching to the individualized education program
9. Identifying student and teacher supports
10. Professional development
11. Family, school, and workplace
C. Range of Disabilities (K,S,D)
1. Communication Disorders
2. Learning Disabilities
3. Mental Retardation
4. Behavioral Disorders and Serious Emotional Disturbances
5. Visual Disabled
6. Hearing Disabled
7. Physical Disabled
8. Multiple Disabled
9. Autism
D. Instructional Adaptations and Modifications (K,S,D)
1. Promote Social Acceptance
2. Direct Instruction
3. Mastery learning
4. Memorization strategies
5. Peer tutoring and assistance
6. Cooperative learning
7. Multiple intelligences
8. Learning styles
9. Teacher questions
E.
Technology in Inclusive Settings (K,S,D0
1. Multimedia instructional presentations
2. Personal and lap-top computers
3. Assistive technology
4. Computer Software and applications
5. Augmentative and alternative communication devices
6. World Wide Seb
F.
G.
Classroom Management Strategies (K, S,D)
1.
Psychosocial management
2.
Procedural management
3.
Physical management
4.
Behavior management
5.
Instructional management
6.
Organizational management
Feelings about Including Individuals with Disabilities (K,S,D)
1.
Observation of inclusive setting (8-10 hours)
2.
Objective and subjective Analysis
a. Objective and subjective analysis of observation
b. Analytical evaluation of observation setting as related to course
materials
c. Analytical evaluation of observational setting as related to
professional career choice
III.
Methods of Instruction
Portfolio components to include:
A. Cooperative learning groups for problem solving discussions
B. Classroom instructor presentations with group activities as reinforcement
C. Guest speakers providing additional information
D. Use of video-tapes that allow students to see the process of inclusion
E. Group discussions and analyses of observation experience(s)
IV.
Methods of Evaluation
A. Teacher, parent, administrator, employer interview about the processs for
including individuals with disabilities (K,S,D)
B. Analysis of 8-10 hours of observation in an inclusive setting (K,S,D)
C. Written journal and analysis of inclusive setting observation (K,S,D)
D. Participation in college level discussions and group activities (K,S,D)
E. Written analysis of journal articles (K,S)
F. Small groups presentations on identified issues (K-S)
G. Debate on the pros and cons of inclusions (K,S,D)
H. A case study describing inclusion of individual (s) with disabilities into the
school, home, workplace and the community (K,S)
V.
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National Organizations
Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1589
World Wide Web
Council for Exceptional Children
ww.cec.sped.org
National Institute of Health
http://www.nichd.nkh.gov
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
http://www.spannj.org
New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
http://www.njddc.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
Wrights Law
www.wrightslaw.com
National Down Syndrome Society
http://www.ndss.org
The ARC of NJ
www.arcnj.org
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www.interdys.org
LDOnline
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National Tourette Syndrome Association
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Asperger Syndrome Education Network
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Autism NJ
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Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org
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http://www.ada.gov
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http://www.add.org
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Spina Bifida
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Brain Injury Association
www.bianj.org