DS 1505 - Teaching Individuals with Disabilities and Dealing with Challenging Behaviors
- Recent Professors
- Janis L. Mendenhall
- Recent Semesters
- Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024
- Class Size
- 35 students
- Credits
- 3
- Spring 2026 Sections
- View Spring 2026 sections of DS 1505
- Transfers To
- CSU
- Description
- This course provides an overview of methods for helping people with disabilities effectively learn new tasks and skills. The course examines the effects of cognitive disabilities as well as general learning principles and learning theories. Theories are combined with these learning principles in dealing with challenging behaviors that are harmful to self or others, result in property destruction, or consistently interfere with the achievement of personal goals.