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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Special Education & Communication Disorders

College of Education & Human Sciences

Distance Courses

Course

Description

Instructor

Offered

Technology

Core Courses

SPED 800 Characteristics of Exceptional Persons Staff Spring Blackboard
SPED 803

Effective Instruction for Learners with Special Needs  

Sue Kemp

Spring
Blackboard
SPED 804

Managing Challenging Behavior (3)  

John Maag
Sue Kemp

Fall
Spring
Blackboard
SPED 841

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (3)                      

Reece Peterson
Fall
Blackboard + telephone
SPED 896B

Directed Field Experience – Behavior Disorders(3)
Reece Peterson

Fall


Spring
Blackboard
SPED 942

Strategic Approaches for Students with EBD (3)
John Maag
Spring
Blackboard
SPED 907B

Seminar in Special Education: Behavior Disorders  (3)
Reece Peterson
Spring
Blackboard + telephone
Practicum courses requiring student teaching may be completed at a distance provided a qualified cooperating teacher and a University supervisor are approved by your adviser. 
SPED 897B
Practicum:  Behavior Disorders (5)
Staff
Blackboard
SPED 897Z

Practicum:  Multicultural Education  (1)
Staff
Blackboard
SPED 872
Psychology and Sociology of Deafness
Malinda Eccarius
Fall
Blackboard + 1 on-campus wkend
SPED 874
Language and LIteracy for the Hearing Impaired
Malinda Eccarius

Fall 2005
Spring

Blackboard + 1 on-campus wkend
SPED 873
Teaching Content for the Hearing Impaired
Malinda Eccarius
Spring
Blackboard
SLPA 850
Audiology for Teachers of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Steve Boney
Spring
Blackboard + 1 on-campus wkends
SLPA 884
Speech and Language of the DHH
Staff
Spring
Blackboard + 1 on-campus wkend
SPED 897D
Student Teaching the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Staff
Fall, Spring, Summer
Blackboard
SPED 896 sec 700
Directed Field Experience
Malinda Eccarius
Fall, Spring, Summer
Blackboard
SPED 996A
Research other than Thesis
Malinda Eccarius
Fall, Spring, Summer
Blackboard
SLPA 956
Linguistics of Sign Language
Staff
Fall
Blackboard
SPED 860
Issues in Early Childhood Special Education
Christine Marvin
Fall
Blackboard + phone / webcast conferences
SPED 861
Intervention for Infants with Disabilities
Christine Marvin

Summer
alt years

Blackboard + phone / webcast conferences
SPED 862
Classroom Programs for Preschool Children with Disabilities
Christine Marvin
Fall
Blackboard + phone conferences
SPED 863
Medically Fragile Infants
Christine Marvin
Summer
alt years
Blackboard + phone / webcast broadcasts
SPED960
Family-Centered Services for Children with Disabilities
Christine Marvin
Spring
Blackboard + phone / webcast broadcasts

Learning Disabilities

SPED 831 Characteristics of Learning Disabilities Scheffler Fall Blackboard
SPED 907L Seminar: Learning Disabilities Scheffler Spring Blackboard
SPED 480 880
Lifespan Approach to Mental Retardation
Ellin Siegel
Fall
Blackboard
SPED 881
Teaching Students with Retardation or Severe Disabilities
Ellin Siegel
Spring
Blackboard + interactive tv/satellite
SPED 882
Instructional Strategies for Educating Students with Multiple Disabilities
Ellin Siegel
Fall
Blackboard + tv/satellite + 3 on-campus wkends
SPED 907P
Seminar in Severe Disabilities
Ellin Siegel
Spring
Blackboard, on-campus, video conference
SPED 846
Foundations of Visual Impairments
Pam Almon
Fall
Blackboard
SPED 847
Eye Anatomy
Pam Almon
Spring
Blackboard
SPED 849
Braille I - Beginning Braille Codes
Susan Stokes
Summer
Blackboard +
NE City
SPED 851
Braille II - Intermediate Braille Codes
Susan Stokes
Fall
Blackboard
SPED 852
Methods for VI Students
Susan Stokes
Spring
Blackboard
SPED 853
Orientation & Mobility
Pam Almon
Summer
Blackboard +
NE City
SPED 852A
Applied Technology Methods
Stokes/Staff
Summer

Blackboard +
NE City

SPED 852B
Applied Instructional Methods
Susan Stokes
Summer
Blackboard +
NE City
Special Education Supervisor
SPED.EDAD 857 Special Education Administration Reece Peterson Spring Blackboard + Phone
SPED EDAD 858 Special Education Law Don Uerling Summer Blackboard