Woodrow Trathen, Chair

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The Department of Reading Education and Special Education includes professionals in reading and special education. This enables the department to provide innovative programs focusing, in a transdisciplinary fashion, on all facets of language, reading and specific areas of exceptionality. All students pursuing programs in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education must meet all requirements for admission into the Reich College of Education.

For information on the graduate programs in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education, please consult the current Graduate Bulletin or contact the department chair.

Reading Education

The responsibility for all undergraduate reading and language arts courses is maintained by the Reading and Language Arts Program in the Department of Reading Education and Special Education. These include courses required of all majors in child development (R E 3902 ), elementary education (R E 3030 , R E 3240 , R E 4030 ), health education (R E 4630 ), business education (R E 4630 ), middle grades education (R E 3150 ), secondary education and special areas (R E 4620  or R E 4630 ), and special education (R E 3900 , R E 4710 , R E 4620 ). Students should consult their advisor for any revisions in their program major. For students interested in North Carolina licensure in reading (K-12), the Reading and Language Arts Program offers an MA program in reading as well as courses leading to add-on licensure. Please consult the Graduate Bulletin for information.

Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education (478*/13.1011)[T] 

Adapted Curriculum K-12 concentration (478C)[T]

This concentration will prepare students to teach students in grades K-12 who will likely require more significant modifications and adaptation in order to access the general curriculum, and may not be candidates for a career prep, college/tech prep, or college prep diploma from the North Carolina Public Schools. These would include students with intellectual disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, autism, and other health impairments, and others.

General Curriculum K-12 concentration (478B)[T]

This concentration will prepare students to teach students in grades K-12 who will likely be expected to complete the general curriculum requirements for a career prep, college/tech prep, or college prep diploma from the North Carolina Public Schools. These would include students with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, and others.

Special Education, General Minor (487/13.1001)

A student may earn an undergraduate minor in Special Education with 15 semester hours of credit from courses offered by the special education program. Students must declare the minor prior to the last two semesters of residence at Appalachian and they must obtain approval from their home college prior to contracting for the minor in Special Education.

Programs

• Special Education - Adapted Curriculum K-12 Concentration, BS
• Special Education - General Curriculum K-12 Concentration, BS

• Special Education, General Minor

• Exceptional Learners Second Academic Concentration

Courses

• R E 1010 - Power Reading (1)
• R E 2500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• R E 3030 - Foundations of Literacy (3)
• R E 3070 - Media for Young People (3)
• R E 3142 - Language and Literature in the Elementary School (4)
• R E 3150 - Language Arts in the Middle Grades (3)
• R E 3240 - World Literature for Children (3)
• R E 3500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• R E 3520 - Instructional Assistance (1)
• R E 3530-3549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• R E 3900 - Principles of Reading Instruction for the Classroom Teacher (3)
• R E 3902 - Emergent Literacy (3)
• R E 4030 - Development of Literacy for Learning (3)
• R E 4620 - Reading Instruction in the Middle/Junior and Senior High School (3)
• R E 4630 - Reading in the Content Areas (2)
• R E 4640 - Workshop in Teaching Reading (2)
• R E 4650 - Linguistics and Reading (3)
• R E 4710 - Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Problems (3)
• R E 4720 - Diagnostic and Remedial Reading I (3)
• R E 4730 - Diagnostic and Remedial Reading II (3)
• R E 4904 - Field Experience (3)

• SPE 2500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• SPE 3000 - Learner Diversity: Teaching English Language Learners (3)
• SPE 3060 - College and Beyond (1)
• SPE 3061 - Career and Practical Living Skills (0-1)
• SPE 3100 - Introduction to Special Education (3)
• SPE 3274 - Developmental/Educational Assessment: Birth-5 (3)
• SPE 3300 - Creating Inclusive Learning Communities (3)
• SPE 3310 - Research and Issues in Special Education (3)
• SPE 3350 - Characteristics, Theories, and Diagnosis of Students with Learning Differences: General and Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 3360 - Psychoeducational Strategies with Special Needs Learners: General and Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 3370 - Introduction to Developmental Disabilities: General and Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 3374 - Assessment in Special Education (3)
• SPE 3380 - Assistive Technology in Special Education (3)
• SPE 3500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• SPE 3520 - Instructional Assistance (1)
• SPE 3530-3549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• SPE 4205 - Inclusion (3)
• SPE 4215 - Strategies for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities (3)
• SPE 4225 - Collaborative Relationships in Special Education (3)
• SPE 4405 - Strategies for Students with Disabilities: General Curriculum (3)
• SPE 4410 - Individualized Assessment and Curriculum: Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 4420 - Methods for Students with Disabilities: Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 4430 - Positive Behavior Supports: Adapted Curriculum (3)
• SPE 4495 - Practicum I (3)
• SPE 4496 - Practicum II (3)
• SPE 4497 - Practicum III (3)
• SPE 4553 - Issues in Transdisciplinary Service Delivery (3)
• SPE 4570 - Advocacy and Legislation in Special Education (3)
• SPE 4592 - Medical Aspects of Disability (3)
• SPE 4601 - Classroom Management and Positive Behavior Supports (3)
• SPE 4700 - Introduction to the Teaching-Family Model (3)
• SPE 4705 - Methods for Students with Disabilities: General Curriculum (3)
• SPE 4900 - Student Teaching in Special Education (6 OR 12)