SPE 507 Methods of Social/Emotional Support

This course explores methods and frameworks for supporting students' positive social-emotional development, behavior, and learning while considering the complex intersections of broader social identities, including disability. The communicative functions of behavior, impacts of trauma, and restorative approaches are considered in providing safe, caring and positive behavioral supports for individuals and creating participatory, inclusive classrooms. Candidates craft culturally responsive curriculum and lessons that promote students’ social-emotional learning. They learn strategies to work collaboratively with students, families, professionals and agencies while engaging in critical self-reflection to deepen understandings of how their own histories and identities impact the ways in which they view, respond to, and assess students’ behavior. Prerequisite(s): MAT candidates: SPE 500. For endorsement students, SPE 500 may be taken as a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Co-requisite(s): For endorsement students, SPE 500. 3 semester hours