SPED 525

Credit: 2 hours.

Explores current issues in the education field (e.g., trauma caused by service systems, seclusion and restraint policies, special education services, etc.) and how they relate to trauma and trauma-informed education. Additionally, there will be a focus on identifying and discussing issues of practice and how to make practice more trauma-informed.

2 graduate hours. No professional credit. This course will be an 8-week course with both large- and small-group synchronous meeting times weekly. Prerequisite: Restricted to students admitted to the EdM program in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Trauma-Informed Practices and Pedagogyor, or with permission from instructor.