Teacher candidates who complete this clinical course develop a comprehensive understanding of the theories, programs and effective practices for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities. These practices will focus on prevention and remediation of difficulties in literacy, mathematics, and science, that include appropriate supports and accommodations and that promote access to, and participation within, the general education curriculum. This is the culminating teaching experience for the EBD endorsement, and requires completion of the Teacher Candidate Assessment of Performance (TCAP).

Teacher candidates who complete this clinical course develop a comprehensive awareness of theories, programs, and effective practices for students with intellectual/developmental disabilities. These practices will focus on prevention and remediation of difficulties in literacy, mathematics, and science, that include appropriate supports and accommodations, and that promote access to, and participation within, the general education curriculum. This is the culminating teaching experience for the IDD endorsement, and requires completion of the Teacher Candidate Assessment of Performance (TCAP).

In this course, students develop a comprehensive personal philosophy of reading/writing instruction. The development of this personal philosophy is based on in-depth research and analysis of this research, and is the foundation for program development, implementation and evaluation at both the school and district levels. Additionally, the students develops a personal three-year professional development plan to address areas of needed growth.

In this clinical course, students examine, implement and evaluate both traditional and contemporary means of assessing reading/writing strengths and needs, as well as research-based developmental and corrective instruction for struggling readers and writers, kindergarten through grade 12.