Individuals with Disabilities

Introduction to disability and special education covering history, etiology, characteristics of disability categories, and federally mandated programs for children and adults.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=186 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of ability differences and exceptionality

  • Articulate knowledge of the specific categories of disability designated by federal law and characteristics associated with those categories

  • Summarize significant legislation and litigation that has affected the education and lives of individuals with disabilities

  • Demonstrate knowledge of interventions utilized by professionals who work with people who have disabilities or are at risk of being identified as having a disability

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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RP&SE 300 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 700
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 700

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=125 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 98.4% A/AB (n=186 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=136 letter grades).

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Topics

  • History, etiology, and characteristics of specific disability categories
  • Federally mandated educational and other programs for children and adults with disabilities
  • Legislation and litigation affecting the education and lives of individuals with disabilities

Skills

  • Understand concepts of ability differences and exceptionality
  • Articulate knowledge of federally designated disability categories and their characteristics
  • Summarize significant legislation and litigation affecting individuals with disabilities
  • Demonstrate knowledge of professional interventions for individuals with disabilities

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.05 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
RP&SE 300 · Spring 2027

Individuals with Disabilities

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records
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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance
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