BOB PILLAY

Instructor: BOB PILLAY   (Look up syllabus and additional information)
Location: Online Course
Description: VESi/ Online Class; INSTRUCTOR: Pillay. You can register for this course anytime between Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2009 and work at your own pace. 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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Instructor: BOB PILLAY   (Look up syllabus and additional information)
Location: Online Course
Description: VESi/ Online Class; INSTRUCTOR: Pillay. You can register for this course anytime between Sept. 1 - Dec. 31, 2009 and work at your own pace. An interactive computer-based instruction (CBI) course, which provides an introduction to the field of Learning Disabilities for special education teachers, general classroom teachers, integration teachers and related professionals, especially those working in the areas of language, psychology and counseling. This course will cover diverse theoretical approaches, lay the foundations for sensitive and appropriate assessment and evaluation of students, provide directions for program planning and implementation, indicate the importance of and the need for a close, positive partnership with parents (or alternative caregivers) and consider ways for ensuring that the home-school axis is effective and meaningful. It will also consider some major trends and unresolved issues in the field of Learning Disabilities.
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