UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


in laboratory school, selected off-campus teaching centers, children's community activities;
special investigations, community surveys, directed reading, seminars. No other courses
may be scheduled during semester.
 EN. 426.-Principles and Practices for Teaching Handicapped Children.
3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: EN. 105-106 or equivalent. Offered 1.
 Consideration is given to "exceptional children" as commonly found in our public
schools. All students, particularly teachers, will find answers to incidence, causes, diag-
nosis, agencies for referral, and recommended teaching procedures in respect to the
blind, partially-seeing, deaf, hard of hearing, speech defective, crippled, special health
problems, personality problems, mentally retarded and mentally superior.
 EN. 427.-Administration and Supervision of Programs for Exceptional
Children. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: PSY. 312 or equivalent. Offered 3.
 The principles of administering and supervising programs for the mentally and
physically handicapped and for the mentally superior are considered. Attention is given
to public school, private school, institutional, city, county and state programs for ex-
ceptional children.
 EN. 428.-Materials and Methods for Teaching Slow Learners. 3 hours. 3
credits. Prerequisite: PSY. 312 or equivalent. Offered 2, 3.
 Programs will be constructed which will correlate skill subjects with the cores of
interest. Curricular materials will be considered which can be used to teach mentally
handicapped children at various maturation levels and in various situations.
 EN. 429.-Methods of Teaching Crippled Children. 3 hours. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: PSY. 312 or equivalent. Offered 3.
 An analysis is made of academic difficulties and needs due to specific handicaps.
Consideration is given to maintaining a "normal" school program for each child.
 EN. 430.-Therapeutic Care of Crippled Children. 3 hours. 3 credits.
Prerequisite: PSY. 312 or equivalent. Offered 3.
 Attention is given to the interpretation of medical and psychological reports. Re-
habilitation through physical education, physical therapy, and occupational therapy is
considered. Vocational guidance is an important phase of the course.
 EN. 471.-Problems of Instruction. 3 hours. 3 credits. Prerequisite: Per-
mission of instructor. Offered 1, 2, 3.
 The course in elementary curriculum required for certification to teach in grades
1-12 in certain specialized fields.
 EN. 480.-Teaching of Reading. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 A comprehensive survey of the problems of teaching reading in all grades and
practical procedures for attacking these problems.
 EN. 482.-Planning for Improved Daily Living. 4 hours. 3 credits. Of-
fered 3.
 Study of the techniques of using Florida resources in the areas of arts and crafts,
architecture, housing, interior decorating, and landscaping. Attention is given to de-
veloping understandings and appreciations of the fine arts, costume designing, health
practices, and the more intimate human relationships.


The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.