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ALTE300 __ HELPING SKILLS IN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION



3 sh

This course is an introduction to working with at-risk youth in alternative education settings.  The course is designed to prepare future educators and others for work in alternative education settings by introducing the scope and purpose of alternative education, the characteristics and dynamics of at-risk conditions for youth, and by providing opportunities to develop basic helping skills.  Students will learn basic helping skills necessary for effective intervention with at-risk students including helping communication, referral/case-management, conflict management, interviewing and assessment.  Approximately one-half of the course is designed to examine at-risk youth issues and the programmatic considerations related to those issues and one-half of the course is devoted to examining alternative education settings and the development of helping skills appropriate to working in those settings.  Restricted to Elementary and Special Education majors with a minimum of 60 credit hours; others by permission.

 

ALTE480 __ ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PRACTICUM

3 sh

The capstone course for the Alternative Education minor.  It includes four weeks of classroom-only experience and eleven weeks in a placement at an alternative education program site.  The four weeks of classroom experience emphasize alternative education theory and skills development.  The eleven-week placement allows students to participate in a supervised participation experience, emphasizing practical application of alternative education classroom interventions.  Prerequisite:  ALTE300.  Must have Act 34 Clearances.
 

Updated 2/2003 

 

 


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