Creating Effective Learning Environments

This course is designed to introduce the social and emotional growth and needs of students with emotional and/or learning differences. This course teaches pre-service teachers how students with behavior of concern in school settings may be identified as eligible for special education, how to systematically approach functional behavior assessments, and how to work with a team to construct effective behavior invention plans using multiple methods of teaching students whose behavior interferes with education. Emphasis is on an educative rather than punitive approach to changing behavior.