ECED 2833 — CARING FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Prerequisite or Corequisite: EDUC 2033 or EDUC 2053. This course provides students with a basic understanding of responsive care for the young child in an educationally inclusion environment. Inclusion is the practice of placing children with disabilities or special needs into educational environments with “typically developing” peers. Students develop a greater understanding of the importance of including children with disabilities into an early childhood environment. Learning includes an overview of basic characteristics of various disabilities or conditions, focus on special care needs associated with the conditions, and strategies for making reasonable accommodations for all children and their families. The course provides the opportunity to plan inclusive environments that are physically and emotionally secure. Students plan and Return to Table of Contents Page | 214 implement activities that are age, stage and culturally appropriate for children birth to five. A minimum of 10 hours of observation is required for this course.