EDEC - 6640 Children with or without Special Needs and Family in the Community (3)

Focuses on the children with or without special needs, experiences in families and communities, including cultural/ linguistic differences, child-raising practices, communication patterns, and life stresses as it affects young children and their view of self/others. Explores legalities and philosophies to assess ways of being responsive to the needs of families/communities. Identifies consultation/collaboration networks with professionals/agencies in the community. Equivalent to EDEC-652. Prerequisites: take EDUC-6100, SPED-2100 or SPED-6101 or equivalent, and take EDEC-8810 or EDEC-8820. Corequisite course: EDEC-6641.