SPED 592: An Introduction to Deafblindness - Course 1
| Dates: | August 26 - December 12, 2025 |
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| Cost: | $120.00 |
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Instructor: Brandy Sebera
Dates: August 26, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Credits: 3
Tuition: $120
Location: Online
Course Description: This course will provide online training for school-based educators and clinicians to enhance the capacity to serve and educate students who have sensory disabilities including deafblindness and high intensity needs. The content of this course is aligned with the standards published by the Council for Exceptional Children. The participants will have 45 hours of online instruction (3 graduate credits) to incorporate the skills and techniques which are beneficial to students with deafblindness and high intensity needs.
Addressing the unique needs of students with low incidence disabilities is often a struggle for educators. This course is designed to prepare educators to address educational and communication needs of students with sensory disabilities and complex needs in a proactive, functionally based manner using evidence-based practices. Through learning activities, reflections, discussion boards and synchronous online meetings, participants will expand their knowledge of deafblindness and high intensity needs, the impact of the sensory systems on the brain and learning, the importance of building trusted relationships, and other effective intervention strategies including those geared towards maximizing vision and hearing.
As you progress through this course, you will find that the knowledge and skills covered in the various modules are closely linked. Together, they represent the foundational competencies needed to work with children who are deafblind. The skills you will learn in this course will be valuable and useful to you throughout your career.
Dates: August 26, 2025 - December 12, 2025
Credits: 3
Tuition: $120
Location: Online
Course Description: This course will provide online training for school-based educators and clinicians to enhance the capacity to serve and educate students who have sensory disabilities including deafblindness and high intensity needs. The content of this course is aligned with the standards published by the Council for Exceptional Children. The participants will have 45 hours of online instruction (3 graduate credits) to incorporate the skills and techniques which are beneficial to students with deafblindness and high intensity needs.
Addressing the unique needs of students with low incidence disabilities is often a struggle for educators. This course is designed to prepare educators to address educational and communication needs of students with sensory disabilities and complex needs in a proactive, functionally based manner using evidence-based practices. Through learning activities, reflections, discussion boards and synchronous online meetings, participants will expand their knowledge of deafblindness and high intensity needs, the impact of the sensory systems on the brain and learning, the importance of building trusted relationships, and other effective intervention strategies including those geared towards maximizing vision and hearing.
As you progress through this course, you will find that the knowledge and skills covered in the various modules are closely linked. Together, they represent the foundational competencies needed to work with children who are deafblind. The skills you will learn in this course will be valuable and useful to you throughout your career.
| Fee: | $120.00 |
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Brandy Sebera
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