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This special populations course is designed to provide an overview of the special education process while focusing on various types of learners with special needs, including children with disabilities, gifted learners, and children at risk such as homeless and migrant children. Topics include: legal requirements and laws, topics on public laws relating to individuals with disabilities, categories of exceptionality, identification and intervention, collaboration, identification and assessment of children, inclusion, and planning, delivering, and documenting educational services. The readings and activities are chosen with the intent to prepare you both for the Special Education Supplemental TExES Exam as well as your first year as a special education and/or classroom educator.
Online Course meets the specification of the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) for Didactic Content of a nurse refresher course. Designed for (1)
the nurse who is applying to the BON for reinstatement of licensure or (2) the currently licensed nurse who has been away from the clinical
setting for a period of 4 years or more, or (3) the nurse who is licensed in another state and applying for Texas licensure. Nurses are referred to
the BON for complete information concerning licensure. Content of the online course covers review of the Texas Nurse Practice Act, BON Rules
and position statements, scope of practice, patient safety, the nursing process, pharmacology review, medication administration, documentation,
quality assurance and legal implications for nursing practice. The course is scheduled over the entire semester with weekly assignments. There
are no prerequisites for the online course. Nurses seeking to reinstate their license are required by the BON to complete . 80 hours of Clinical
Practice under the supervision of a Qualified Nurse.
This course will examine and apply the landscape design process. Topics will include design principles and elements, site inventory and analysis, design programming, client relationship, conceptual design, form study, master plan and planting plans. Recommended prerequisite: HALT 1072 Introduction to Landscape Graphics.
Overview of the selling process. Identification of the elements of the communication process between buyers and sellers and examination of the legal and ethical issues of organizations which affect salespeople.
In this course, students will learn to use standard English grammar in writing paragraphs and compositions. Students work on developing effective simple, compound and complex sentences and using them in their writing. Students are exposed to the modes of argument, process, comparison contrast and classification. This is the first course in a series designed to prepare ESOL student to handle the writing tasks they will encounter in college-credit level courses and the workplace. Students will also complete lab projects enforcing these concepts. Integrated with credit ESOL-0372.To register for Writing 2 (COMX 4072) you must (1) have a passing grade of C or higher in Writing 1 (COMX 4071) or placement into Writing 2 (COMX 4072) on the ESOL assessment test and (2) be co-enrolled in Grammar 2 (COMX 4096) this semester or have a passing grade of C or higher in Grammar 2 (COMX 4096) or placement into Grammar 3 (COMX 4097) or higher on the ESOL assessment test.
The course is designed to develop skills to get and keep a job. Students develop customer service skills, money management, how to create displays and point of sale. Vocational skills in a variety of job specific activities are addressed as individuals develop specific areas of interest. Opportunities for transfer into other Continuing Education classes are also explored. This course is geared toward supporting students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Contact Christine Price at (512) 223-7856 or via email to cprice12@austincc.edu for additional information.
Reading and Vocabulary 3 is the third in a sequence of four ESOL reading courses, builds on skills introduced in the previous reading courses and continues to emphasize building comprehension skills. Students develop more analytical skills for reading college textbooks and novels. Also included are the study of vocabulary in context, pronoun referents, skimming, scanning, and paraphrasing. The course introduces the idea of annotation and includes summary-response writing. Integrated with credit ESOL-0313.