Preliminary Education Specialist Authorization Teaching Credential: Moderate/Severe with Internship Option (California)

Lead Faculty: Dr. Anne Spillane

Please see admission requirements under Education Specialist in the School of Education’s Credential Programs section of the catalog.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Apply professional, legal and ethical practices for instructing students with disabilities.
2. Apply knowledge of typical and atypical development and characteristics of students with disabilities, including those specific to Moderate/Severe disabilities.
3. Apply effective communication and collaborative practices with parents, professionals and other stake holders, including those needed to participate in person/family centered planning, and case management.
4. Apply skill in the assessment of students with disabilities, including students with Moderate/Severe disabilities.
5. Apply the knowledge and skills to develop and implement effective curriculum and instruction for students with disabilities, including using educational and assistive technology.
6. Apply the skills needed to transition students between educational environments and programs as well as into successful post school experiences.
7. Apply the knowledge and skills to successfully teach reading and language arts to students with disabilities.
8. Apply the knowledge and skills needed to teach English language learners and students from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
9. Apply the knowledge and skills needed to provide behavioral, social and environmental supports, including the ability to design and implement positive behavioral support plans as well as create healthy learning environments for the safety and learning of students with disabilities.
10. Engage in multiple field experiences in a broad range of service delivery options for students with disabilities.
11. Apply the knowledge and skills to assess their student’s communication abilities, and develop with IEP team members, including family, needed augmentative and alternative systems, to allow students with Moderate/Severe disabilities to demonstrate academic knowledge, as well as to develop social interaction skills and facilitate social relationships.
12. Apply the knowledge and ability to support the movement, mobility, sensory and specialized health care needs required for students to access classrooms, schools and the community to the fullest extent of their ability.

Requirements

• HEDX 1101X Intro Health Ed: K-12
• EDX 1201X Computer Tech in Classroom

• TED 602 Educational Foundations
• SPD 604 Psychological Fdns of Educ.
• TED 606 Equity and Diversity
• SPD 608 Exceptionalities
• TED 621A Lang. Dev. Methods: Elem. Sch.
OR
• TED 623 Lang. Dev. Methods: Secondary
• TED 621B Reading/Lang. Arts Methods
• SPD 614 Class Management & Assessment
• SPD 616 Law, Policy, & Collaboration
• SPD 622 Assessment
• SPD 626 Effective Clsrm & Beh Mgmt
• SPD 628 Teaching Reading/Lang Arts
• SPD 624 Transition/Community Resources

• SPD 642 Academic Instruction M/S
• SPD 644 Life Skills & Transitions M/S
• SPD 646 PBS, Comm & Social Skills M/S
• SPD 674 Collaborative Partners

• SPD 684A Student Teaching M/S
• SPD 684B Student Teaching M/S
• SPD 688A Clinical Practice Seminar
• SPD 688B Clinical Practice Seminar

• SPD 694 Internship M/S
• SPD 688A Clinical Practice Seminar
• SPD 688B Clinical Practice Seminar

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