SPE 506 Frameworks, Perspectives, and Collaboration in Special Education

This course provides foundational frameworks of disability and education and their implications for policy and practice. Candidates learn attributes of the thirteen disability categories and interpret discourses of disability to understand their influence on lived experiences. Disability, equity and inclusion are explored through historical and intersectional lenses. Culturally responsive collaborative models are emphasized in working with students, families, school professionals and communities. Candidates will examine systems that impact students with disabilities and employ transformative strategies in their everyday roles as educators to counter systems that create and reinforce inequities, as well as, providing opportunities for student advocacy. Pre-requisite(s): For MAT students, SPE 500 is a pre-requisite, for endorsement students, SPE 500 may be taken as a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Co-requisite(s): SPE 500 for endorsement students. 3 semester hours