Fairfax 59-Section 692 | School of Education

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Spring 1 2025 Course Information:

Course: EDSE 540 [Characteristics of Students with Disabilities that Access the General Curriculum] section 692

Day: Wednesdays
Dates: January 8, 2025 — March 5, 2025

Instructional Method: Mix of face-to-face meetings and online instruction. See the face-to-face meeting dates below. All other meeting dates will be synchronous online video meetings supplemented by asynchronous online coursework.

It is expected that you attend all face-to-face meetings in person and online synchronous sessions. If you do not feel you will be able to complete the requirements of the course, please speak with your advisor.

Dates of face-to-face meetings: 1/8; 1/15; 2/5; 2/26

Times: 5:15 pm — 9:45 pm

Location for face-to-face meetings: Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA; Room A-119

Please double check the location of your class here before your first face-to-face class meeting. Any updates or changes to the location will be posted here as soon as available.

Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Beaty (ebeaty@gmu.edu)

Textbooks:

(1) Raymond. Learners with mild disabilities: A characteristics approach. (5th ed.). Pearson.

(2) Archer & Hughes. Explicit Instruction: Effective and efficient teaching. (1st ed.). 2010 Guilford Press. ISBN 9781609180416 (Chapters 1 – 3 ONLY

Tuition: Payment will be due by 1/10/25.

(Please note that the payment website will open two weeks before the tuition due date).

With 1-19 students, $1,908 (this includes 15% VA educator discount)
With 20+ students, $1,683 (this includes 25% cohort discount).

Spring 2 2025 Course Information:

Course: EDSE502 [Classroom Management and Individualized Behavior Supports], section 692

Day: Wednesdays
Dates: 3/12/25 - 5/14/25

Dates of face-to-face meetings: 3/12; 4/9; 5/7

Times: 5:15 pm — 9:45 pm

Location for face-to-face meetings: Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA; Room A-119

Please double check the location of your class here before your first face-to-face class meeting. Any updates or changes to the location will be posted here as soon as available.

Instructor: TBA

Textbooks:

The texts are available as e-text or print editions for rent only. At the end of the rental period, students have the option to purchase the texts. Please order from the publisher directly as access to texts from other vendors cannot be guaranteed.

(1) Alberto & Troutman. Applied behavior analysis for teachers. (10th ed.). Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-560755-8 (ISBN is for print rental edition)

Publisher website with order information: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/applied-behavior-analysis-for-teachers/P200000000718/9780135606186

(2) Scheuermann & Hall. Positive behavioral supports for the classroom. (4th ed.). Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0-13-594901-6 (ISBN is for print rental edition)

Publisher website with order information: https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/positive-behavioral-supports-for-the-classroom/P200000001784/978013594885

Tuition: Payment will be due by 3/14/25.

(Please note that the payment website will open two weeks before the tuition due date).

With 1-19 students, $1,908 (this includes 15% VA educator discount)
With 20+ students, $1,683 (this includes 25% cohort discount).

For information about individually scheduled Special Education Masters Degree courses, EDSE 517 & EDSE 590 visit: Masters Courses