IWU Exceptional Learners Online Program Curriculum

You are enrolling in IWU's Exceptional Learners Online Program, a challenging exceptional education program that requires you to apply theory and skills as you learn them in an actual classroom setting. When you complete the program, not only are you prepared to take the licensure exam, you are ready to start a teaching position. To learn more about IWU's Exceptional Learners Program, request an information packet call 888-IWU-2DAY (888-498-2329). To learn more about the courses, view the exceptional learners program class list.

How You Learn

The IWU's Exceptional Learners Program's curriculum covers how you teach an exceptional needs child as well as what you teach an exceptional needs child. Key to your success in the exceptional learners program is your ability to adapt what you learn for each child's needs.

IWU's exceptional education curriculum leverages a practice of "learning by doing." Whether you are participating in discussions in the exceptional learners program's virtual classroom, working on group projects, or conducting a practicum at your school, you are turning theory into practice.

Of the eight classes required to complete the exceptional learners program, six have assignments that must be completed in an actual classroom setting. You are not just studying for a standardized test; you are learning how to become one of the most important people in the life of an exceptional needs child.

What You Learn

The exceptional learners program prepares you to teach at the exceptional learners level. You are qualified to work with children with mild mental disabilities, emotional disorders, and learning disabilities. IWU’s Exceptional Learners Online Program's curriculum covers teaching the whole child, both mind and spirit. Understanding a child's needs and a careful evaluation of that child's challenges are mission critical for you as a teacher. The IWU Exceptional Learners Program provides in-depth instruction in the study skills your students will rely on both in and outside the safe haven that is your classroom.

SEDO Courses

	EDS520		Understanding the Exceptional Needs Learner
	EDS522		Historical Perspectives of Special Education: Law, Policy, and Practices
	EDS530*		Diagnosing and Managing Behavior: Theory, Applications and Field Practice
	EDS532*		Assessing Learning: Theory, Development, and Field Practice
	EDS534*		Teaching the Exceptional Needs Learner: Theory, Applications and Field Practice
	EDS536 A, B, C, D		Field Applications and Performance Competency Validation (1 semester hour 8 online workshops)
	EDS540*		Developmental Reading: Theory, Application, and Field Practice
	EDU574*		Facilitating Learning through Technology

*These courses have assignments that are to be completed in a student located public or private k-12 school setting under the supervision of a classroom teacher recommended by the school corporation’s administration and who holds a verified, current, non-temporary status teaching license, certificate or endorsement in Mild Intervention or Server and Profound Intervention.

**EDS536A, B, C, and D Field Application and Performance Competency Validation are each one hour courses. EDS536A spans the first two core courses, EDS536B spans the second two core course, EDS536C spans the third set of core courses, and EDS536D the remaining core course. These courses serve the function of helping the candidate to collect and present physical data that demonstrates the candidate’s acceptable level of competence in the eight domains of the program’s conceptual framework. The completion of a satisfactory portfolio is a requirement for recommendation for licensure.