On-line Re-certification Courses for Teachers
These Specialized Education Courses are computer-based, interactive courses designed for working professionals in the field of education including K-12 teachers, coaches, counselors, teacher aides, administrators and any school personnel that may work with children and adolescents.
Credit can be granted to licensed educators seeking certification credits. Please contact the Division of Continuing Education at 719-549-2316 for additional information regarding this process. Please note that these courses cannot be used for the External Degree Completion Program.
System
Requirements
These computer-based software
courses are designed to be run from
the compact disc (CD) and saves user
data on the hard drive of their
Macintosh or Windows computer. You
need to begin and complete your
course on the same computer.
Macintosh Requirements:
- Operating system 9.2, OS10.x
- A color monitor, min. 15"
capable of displaying 800x600 px
- 256 MB of RAM, 5MB of hard
disk space
- A printer attached to your
computer
Windows Requirements:
- Windows 2000 or newer
- v5 courses will not run on
Windows 98 or ME; Please call
and ask for courses that
specifically run on Windows 98
or ME
- A color monitor, min. 15"
capable of displaying 800x600 px
- 256 MB of RAM, at least 5 MB
of available hard drive space
- A printer attached to your
computer
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To register and/or receive information about course materials for
these Specialized Education Courses, contact:
Virtual Education,
300 N. Argonne Rd.
Spokane, WA 99212
1-800-313-6744 or 509-891-7219
fax 509-926-7768
e-mail
vesi@virtualeduc.com
Click here to view Course syllabi
You may also call the Division of Continuing Education office for more information at 1-800-388-6154.
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| ED 500: Section 11: Attention Deficit Disorder: Information & Interventions for Effective Teaching |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
ADD is an interactive computer-based instruction course designed to help students achieve a
better understanding of ADD and intervention strategies to facilitate positive student change.
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| ED 500: Section 12: Behavior is Language |
| 3 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $242 |
Behavior is Language(r) is an interactive computer-based instruction (CBI) course, designed to give you a new
perspective on student behavior and effective tools for facilitating positive student change. Behavior is Language
provides a developmental framework for understanding what students are trying to tell you through the "language" of
their behavior. The course teaches behavioral techniques and intervention strategies that remediate disruptive
behaviors, reduce power struggles while increasing classroom control and reduce your workloads and burnout. This
program helps you, as well as students, find creative, effective solutions to behavioral problems.
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| ED 500: Section 14: Autism & Asperger’s Disorders: Information & Effective Intervention Strategies |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
Autism & Asperger’s Disorder, is an interactive computer-based instruction (CBI) course designed to help you achieve a better understanding of Autism & Asperger’s Disorder and intervention strategies to enhance communication and learning and to teach more conventional behaviors. This course provides information on the characteristics of the disorder, learning styles associate with the disorder , communication weaknesses, and various intervention strategies that have proven to be successful when working with students with this disorder.
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| ED 500: Section 17: Violence in Schools: Identification, Prevention & Intervention |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
This interactive computer-based instruction course is designed to give you a better understanding of school
violence and increase your interventions strategies. Violence in the Schools provides a foundation for understanding
violence and the motivational purpose behind aggression. This course teaches identification and intervention approaches
to working with out of control behavior in order to minimize the occurrence of violence in schools and the community.
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| ED 500: Section 18: Learning Disabilities: Practical Information for Classroom Teachers |
| 3 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $242 |
This course provides an introduction to the field of learning disabilities for special teachers, general classroom
teachers, integration teachers and related professionals, especially those working in the areas of language, psychology
and counseling.
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| ED 500: Section 19: Drugs & Alcohol in Schools: Understanding Substance Use & Abuse |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
Drugs & Alcohol in Schools is an instructional, computer-based training course designed to give you a more
comprehensive understanding of alcohol, drugs, and their influences in your classroom. This course provides a
contextual framework for understanding what students might be experiencing through his or her own substance use,
or the impact of substance use around them and will help you better understand a multitude of complex dynamics that
contribute to this biological and social phenomenon.
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| ED 500: Section 21: Functional Analysis: Introduction to Completing Behavior Assessment |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
Function Analysis is an interactive, computer-based instruction course designed to help you achieve a better
understanding of strategies to facilitate positive student behavior. The course includes an overview of the hierarchy
of assessment procedures used to conduct Function Behavioral Assessments. This course is useful for educators who
work with children with disabilities because their results often lead directly to proactive intervention.
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| ED 500: Section 22: Understanding Aggression: Coping with Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom |
| 3 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $242 |
This course helps school personnel become more aware of the causes of aggression, its manifestation in gangs,
television, sports, and drugs and ways to evaluate aggression and intervene before it turns to violence in the schools.
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| ED 500: Section 23: Talented and Gifted: Working with High Achievers |
| 2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193 |
| This course provides information on assessing, referring, and educating talented and gifted children,
addressing their unique academic and affective characteristics, as well as providing a historical overview
and listing additional resources. |
| ED 500: Section 24: The Traumatized Child:
The
Effects of Stress, Trauma and Violence on Student
Learning |
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2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193
This course teaches you to recognize the signs of stress, trauma or violence in
students. It also discusses the specific factors that exist in families and communities where stress and
violence are common. A major emphasis in this course is on helping the participant understand the special
learning needs of the student who is experiencing stress, trauma or violence in his/her life and how to
meet his/her needs in the regular classroom. Working with parents and community agencies is also emphasized.
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| ED 500: Section 25: Child Abuse:
Working with Abused and
Neglected Children |
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2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193
This course teaches you to recognize the signs of physical abuse,
emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical neglect and emotional neglect in students. It also discusses
the specific factors that exist in families who abuse or neglect their children. A major emphasis
in this course is on helping the participant understand the special learning needs of the abused
or neglected child, and how to meet those needs in the regular classroom. Working with parents and
community agencies is also emphasized.
This course meets the child abuse and neglect educational requirement in
most states. It is the responsibility of the student to verify the course content with your
specific state professional licensing agency to ensure proper credit.
ED 500: Section 27:
Advanced Classroom Management:
Children as Change Agents
2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193
This course focuses on
cognitive and cognitive-behavioral interventions (often
lumped together under the rubric "social skills") with
an emphasis on teaching students how to change and
manage their own behavior. Since previous knowledge and
understanding of traditional behavioral (operant)
concepts and strategies is required, it is strongly
recommended that you take an introductory behavior
management course to learn the basic terms and concepts
of behavior management prior to taking this “advanced”
course.
ED 500: Section 28:
Educational Assessment:
Assessing Student Learning in the
Classroom
2 semester-hour credits
- Tuition $193
This
course is designed to further develop the conceptual and
technical skills required by teachers to help them
identify their educational goals, and implement
meaningful instructional strategies for effective
learning by students with special needs. The focus of
this course will therefore be on assessment for
instructional programming. The course will outline
procedures for designing or selecting, administering and
interpreting, a variety of informal assessment measures
typically used in schools. The use of a range of
informal assessment measures in the academic and social
skills areas will form the core of the content to be
covered. The presentation of assessment information in
an acceptable format to parents and teachers will also
be addressed. |
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