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CSD 544 OP01 Evaluation & Treatment
of Swallowing Disorders
Course Description: This course focuses
on assessment and treatment strategies for infants, children and
adults with feeding and/or swallowing disorders. Normal
neurophysiology of deglutition, clinical and radiographic
assessment, and therapy management will be addressed.
(Application limited to students admitted to the DLVE-SLP
program.)
Instructor:
Cynthia O'Donoghue
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 July 25, 2008
Location:
Online
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CSD 560 OP01 Neuromotor Speech
Disorders
Course Description: This course studies
apraxia of speech and dysarthrias in children and adults, including
etiology, differential diagnosis, and appropriate management
techniques. (Application limited to students admitted to
the DLVE-SLP program.)
Instructor:
Michele Norman
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 July 25, 2008
Location:
Online
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CSD 583 OP01 Summer Intern Speech
Practicum
Course Description: (Application
limited to students admitted to the DLVE-SLP program.)
Instructor: Elizabeth
Powerdefur
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 July 25, 2008
Location:
Online
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CSD 625 OP01 Pediatric
Dysphagia
Course Description: This course focuses
on assessment and treatment strategies for infants, children and
adults with feeding and/or swallowing disorders. Normal
neurophysiology of deglutition, clinical and radiographic
assessment, and therapy management will be addressed.
(Application limited to students admitted to the DLVE-SLP
program.)
Instructor:
Cynthia O'Donoghue
Credit
Hours:
1
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 July 25, 2008
Location:
Online
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EXED 416 OP01 Overview & Assessment of Autism
Disorders
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. Areas addressed will include learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis. We will discuss only
briefly positive behavioral supports; social skills development;
sensory processing, motor planning and sensory integration; and
communication and language development as these will be covered in
much greater depth in other courses. A range of instructional
methodologies and techniques will be emphasized throughout the
course. (This is the first required course for the Certificate
in Autism Spectrum Studies)
Instructor: Brenda
Fogus
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
April 16, 2008 June 4, 2008
Location: Online
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EXED 417 OP01 Communication,
Language & Sensory Issues of Autism
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. We will discuss only briefly learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis and positive behavioral
supports to set the stage. The bulk of our time will be spent
exploring social skills development; sensory processing, motor
planning and sensory integration; and communication and language
development. We will consider a range of instructional
methodologies and techniques for providing instruction, support and
generalization of skills in these areas. Pre-requisite is the first
course in the autism certificate program. (This is the second
required course for the Certificate in Autism Spectrum
Studies)
Instructor:
Brenda Fogus
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 11, 2008 August 3, 2008
Location:
Online
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EXED
506 OP01 Overview & Assessment of Autism Disorders
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having a
disability on the autism spectrum. Areas addressed will
include learning characteristics, current research and factors
involved with causation, assessment and diagnosis. We will
briefly discuss positive behavioral supports; social skills
development; sensory processing, motor planning and sensory
integration; and communication and language development as these
will be covered in-depth in subsequent courses. A range of
instructional methodologies and techniques will be emphasized
throughout the course. (This is the first required course for
the Certificate in Autism Spectrum Studies)
Instructor: Brenda Fogus
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule: April 16, 2008 June
4, 2008
Location: Online
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EXED 570 OP01 Practicum in Gifted Education
Course Description: The practicum
experience is designed to provide direct experiences with gifted
education programming during the student teaching experience.
Instructor: Mary
Slade
Credits:
3
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 June 6, 2008
Location:
Online
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EXED 602 OP01 Communication, Language
& Sensory Issues of Autism
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide an overview of the current issues involved in
working with children who have been identified as having an autism
spectrum disorder. We will discuss only briefly learning
characteristics, current research and factors involved with
causation, assessment and diagnosis and positive behavioral
supports to set the stage. The bulk of our time will be spent
exploring social skills development; sensory processing, motor
planning and sensory integration; and communication and language
development. We will consider a range of instructional
methodologies and techniques for providing instruction, support and
generalization of skills in these areas. Pre-requisite is the first
course in the autism certificate program. (This is the second
required course for the Certificate in Autism Spectrum
Studies)
Instructor:
Brenda Fogus
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
June 11, 2008 August 3, 2008
Location:
Online
EXED 604 OP02 Practicum in Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Course Description: This course is
designed to provide in-depth practical application of the knowledge
and skills acquired during the preceding coursework in
autism. Students will apply skill sin assessment, planning,
implementation and the review and revision of programming
specifically developed to address the needs of student learners or
clients with a disability along the autism spectrum. Areas
addressed can include learning needs, self-care issues,
communication and social sills needs, sensory planning, behavioral
challenges, positive behavioral supports, Function Behavioral
Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan Development, and overall
program implementation and monitoring. Students will collect
data, develop lessons and behavioral or self-care plans and work
with team members to implement, monitor and revise plans. A
range of instructional methodologies and techniques will be
emphasized throughout the course. Pre-requisites include the
three courses in the autism certificate program.
Instructor:
Brenda Fogus
Credit
Hours:
2
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 August 1, 2008
Location:
Online
EXED 660 OP01 Curriculum Design in Gifted
Education
Course Description: The course content
includes the design and development of differentiated curriculum
for gifted learners. The emphasis of the course is the
adaptation and modification of existing curricula, as well as how
to design new curricular materials for gifted learners.
Content includes making decisions about the suitability of
curricular materials for gifted learners.
Instructor: Mary
Slade
Credits:
3
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 - June 22, 2008
Location:
Online
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EXED 665 OP01 Current Issues &
Trends in Gifted Education
Course Description: The course content
focuses on the seminal and current issues related to the
recognition and education of giftedness in individuals from birth
through the life span. Participants will examine the critical
issues facing the field of gifted education as well as future
directions. Specific topics include: (a) Collaboration
Between Gifted and General Education; (b) The Psycho-Social
Adjustment and Guidance of Gifted Learners; (c) The Plight of
Underserved Populations of Gifted Learners; (d) Educational
Programming Models for Gifted Education; and (e) The approaches
used to measure and assess giftedness.
Instructor: Erin
Miller
Credits:
3
Schedule:
June 23, 2008 August 1, 2008
Location:
Online
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GEOG 501 OP01 Virginia Ventures
Course Description: This course will
provide participants with an overview of the geography of Virginia
by visiting each of its five physical regions.
Instructor(s):
Joseph Enedy and Lawrence McLaughlin
Credits:
3
Schedule:
July 9, 2008 July 18, 2008
Location:
across Virginia
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HIST
501 OP01 We The People: The Citizen and the
Constitution
Course Description: An
instructional program on the history and principles of American
constitutional democracy for elementary, middle and high school
students. The program is based on curricular materials
developed by the Center of Civic Education and acclaimed by leading
educators. Simulated congressional hearings, excellent for
performance assessment, are built into the curriculum. At the
high school level, classes may choose to enter a competition
structured as a simulated hearing where their knowledge of the
Constitution is tested.
Instructor: J.
Christopher Arndt
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 10, 2008 July 28, 2008
Location:
2105 Harrison Hall
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IS 200 OP01 Individualized Studies Program Major
Development
Course Description: This course will
guide students through the development of a program plan they will
follow to complete their undergraduate degree. (Required
orientation for students beginning the Adult Degree
Program)
Instructor:
Pamela Brown
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
May 12, 2008 July 3, 2008 (T, 6-9 p.m.)
Location:
Memorial Hall- Hiner Room
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MUED 598 OP01 Music and Special
Learners
Course Description: Students
will become familiar with general educational issues and music
education trends affecting special learners in the United
States. Questions about music education teaching and learning
will be covered, variations in language ability, assessment,
inclusion, and music education in a diverse world. The class
will develop a sense of community in reading and discussion forums
as well as lesson planning. Students will become
knowledgeable in the areas of language, motor, visual, and social
development, connecting current research and theory about special
learners music education to classroom practice. To synthesize
thinking and learning experiences, students will critically assess
inclusive school settings.
Instructor: Dr. Alice
Hammel
Credit Hours:
3
Schedule: May 18, 2008 August 11,
2008
Meeting Location: Online
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POSC 505 OP01 We the People Summer
Institute
Course Description: Those seeking
academic credit for the Summer 2008 Institute will be asked to
prepare a paper that will examine some aspect of the origins and
early interpretation of the Constitution and may focus on one of
the following themes: Origins of the Constitution; The
Debates over the Constitution; An Analysis of the Federalist
Papers; Anti-federalist Opposition to the Constitution; The
Separation and Balance of Powers; The Constitution and the Rights
of Individual Citizens; The Relationship between the States and the
Federal Government; the Living Constitution; or The Marshall
Court.
Instructor: J.
Christopher Arndt
Credit
Hours:
3
Schedule:
July 10, 2008 July 28, 2008
Location:
2105 Harrison Hall
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