Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Course Pre-requisite
Must have consent of Instructor.
Course Description
This practicum is designed to give students supervised experiences providing family-centered assessments and beginning intervention
strategies for children from diverse backgrounds in a variety of community settings. Professional report writing is also emphasized.
Selected topics for discussions and presentations will vary from semester to semester.
Taken for 3 hours credit.
Required Materials
Family Outreach and Assessment (FOA) Readings Notebook.
2) In-class presentation
You are expected to develop one 10-minute presentation on an issue related to specific sites. You will select a theme from a list of
topics given to you. Your presentation will be graded on the following:
a. Topic & Introduction (Outline of whole presentation)
b. General Purpose (Interest arousal)
c. Presentation Style (Enthusiasm). Timing of presentation.
d. Handout (1-2 typed pages)
4) Readings
1-21-09 Universal Precautions
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Examples of sentences to use in reports for children with atypical behaviors
Serving Children from the Culture of Poverty
How to Swaddle a Baby
2-18-09 “Of the Premature Infant Discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
“Fostering Development After Discharge”
Chart: Adjustment for Prematurity
3-11-09 Pages (tables) from Louis Rossetti’s “Communication Intervention: Birth to Three”
“Language Development in Infants and Toddlers”
3-25-09 “Love Them and Leave Them: Paradox, Conflict, and Ambivalence among Incarcerated Mothers”
3-27-09 “Addressing the Complex Needs of Young Children Who Refuse to Eat”
“When Children Won’t Eat”
“Highchair as Battleground”
4-08-09 “The School Readiness Gap” from the Harvard Education Letter
“Understanding and Negotiating Cultural Differences Concerning Early Developmental Competence:
The Six Raisin Solution”
4-15-09 “Mexican-American and Anglo-American Mothers’ Beliefs and Values about Child Rearing, Education and
Language Impairment”
Grading Policy
This course is graded as Pass (P)/Fail (F)
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At midterm and the end of the semester students will meet with the supervisor for an evaluation of their skills.
Course Policies
The general expectation is that you will, across the semester, devote time at field sites and preparation time of the readings.
In addition for this course students will be on time and in attendance. The student is responsible for informing supervisor prior to an
absence, either in person, via email or voice mail. If a student arrives to a site after it has begun, he/she is expected to enter quietly and
locate the clinical supervisor in the least disruptive manner.
Assignments are due on the designated date (see course schedule presented in this syllabus). No late assignments will be accepted
unless prior approval is given.
Students will demonstrate professional disposition at all times. Professional disposition refers to the values, commitments, and
professional ethics that influence behaviors toward children, families, other professionals, peers, and communities. Dispositions are
guided by beliefs and attitudes related to values such as caring, fairness, honesty, responsibility, and social justice. Students will
exhibit the following professional behaviors:
1. Arriving at class at the designated center/class start time.
2. Preparing for class by reading the assigned materials.
3. Participating in class discussions in a constructive manner.
4. Interacting in a professional manner (verbally and nonverbally) with other students, supervisors, children, families, and other
professionals.
5. Taking responsibility for his/her professional learning.
6. This list of professional behaviors is not limited. Other professional behaviors may be taken into account by the supervisors
when grading the student at midterm and at the end of the semester.
Please be polite and courteous in your interactions with each other and your supervisors. Discussion and active participation is always
valued, however, rudeness and disruption in any form will not be tolerated. Remember that cell phones and beepers must be turned
off prior to entering the center/classroom.
In this course written, professional assessment reports are required. If you have difficulty in the area of written communication skills,
you must obtain the assistance of the UTD Learning Resource Center Writing Lab (on web site and at 972-883-6707). Special
attention must be given to the following:
• grammar, punctuation, spelling
• sentence and paragraph structure
• tense and parallel usage
• organization, neatness, and content knowledge
Off-Campus Instruction
Students participate at a variety of off campus, community sites and must provide their own transportation.
Those of you who do not have a name tag will need to purchase one. It can be purchased at Staples, Office Max or Office Depot. Try
to get one with rounded corners and a magnetic back. It should have your name and current degree on the first line and identify your
program as well as “UTD Graduate Student Intern” (see example below):
Jane Smith, BA
UTD Graduate Student Intern
Early Childhood Disorders
The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and established due process.
Procedures are defined and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter
VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of the university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies
of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available to
assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391).
A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal,
state, and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students are subject to discipline
for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are
also imposed for such conduct.
Email Use
The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff and students through
electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email
exchange. The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a student’s U.T. Dallas email address
and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the
university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted
information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all communication with university personnel.
The Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to
other accounts.
In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other fulfillments of academic responsibility, it is the
obligation of the student first to make a serious effort to resolve the matter with the instructor, supervisor, administrator, or committee
with whom the grievance originates (hereafter called “the respondent”). Individual faculty members retain primary responsibility for
assigning grades and evaluations. If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the
respondent with a copy of the respondent’s School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written response provided by the
respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the School Dean. If the grievance is not resolved by the School Dean’s
decision, the student may make a written appeal to the Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint and
convene an Academic Appeals Panel. The decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic appeals
process will be distributed to all involved parties.
Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available
to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations.
Disability Services
The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities equal to those of their non-disabled
peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30
p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on
the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the
case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a research
paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may
have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special services such as registration,
note-taking, or mobility assistance.
It is the student’s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation. Disability Services provides
students with letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs accommodations. Individuals
requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class or during office hours.
The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance
of the assignment. The student, so excused, will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within a reasonable time
after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and
completes any missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student who fails to complete the exam or
assignment within the prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.
If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the purpose of observing a religious holy day] or if there
is similar disagreement about whether the student has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed assignments or
examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a ruling from the chief executive officer of the institution, or his or her
designee. The chief executive officer or designee must take into account the legislative intent of TEC 51.911(b), and the student and
instructor will abide by the decision of the chief executive officer or designee.
These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.