Per WGU's published description, D753 prepares special education teachers to work effectively with students exhibiting challenging behaviors, with a focus on students with behavioral and emotional exceptionalities. The course provides an overview of behavior disorders and their characteristics alongside research-based intervention strategies: positive behavior intervention and supports, multitiered systems of support (MTSS), applied behavior analysis, replacement behavior and reinforcement strategies, culturally responsive practices, and data collection and assessment methods. The description closes with behavioral assessment and analysis, the functional behavior assessment (FBA), and the creation and monitoring of behavioral improvement plans (BIP) that can be implemented in an authentic learning environment.
All four special education bachelor's tables schedule D753 at term 4: the B.A. Special Education and Elementary Education dual licensure track, the B.A. Special Education (Mild to Moderate), and the two B.A. Educational Studies variants, special and elementary, and mild to moderate exceptionalities. At 4 CUs it is the heavyweight of the special education core, sharing term 4 with D754 Special Education Law, D659 Assessing and Monitoring Student Learning, and C190 Introduction to Biology. Two honest notes. The M.A. Teaching, Special Education carries a same-named graduate twin, D761 (EDUC 5322, 3 CUs) at term 2; the codes and credit counts differ, so match the code in your portal. And on the licensure tables the live pieces, early clinical, advanced clinical, and student teaching, always stay with you. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.