2019-2020
Special Education with LBD and MSD (60 Hour Program)
Special Education with LBD and MSD (60 Hour Program)
Program Type
Master of Arts (MA)
Program Contact
Professor Melody Deprez
Program Options
Core Courses
(51 hours required)
- ECE500: Educational Evaluation (3 credit hours)
- ECE501: Behavior Management for LBD Students (3 credit hours)
- ECE502: Introduction to LBD (3 credit hours)
- ECE503: Education Programming for LBD Students (3 credit hours)
- ECE504: Collaboration and Advocacy (3 credit hours)
- ECE508: Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (3 credit hours)
- ECE542: Using Technology to Remove Barriers for Students with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- ECE565: Typical and Atypical Development (3 credit hours)
- ECE575A: Field Studies in LBD Component I Part A (3 credit hours)
- ECE575B: Field Studies in LBD Component I Part B (3 credit hours)
- EDU501: Teaching Reading and Writing (3 credit hours)
- EDU509: Teaching Math in the Elementary Grades (3 credit hours)
- ECE600: Introduction to Teaching Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- ECE602: Curriculum and Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- ECE604: Teaching Individuals with Physical or Multiple Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- ECE606: Transition Services for Students with Disabilities (3 credit hours)
- ECE608: Field Component in MSD (3 credit hours)
Clinical Practice Course
(3-6 hours required; select one track)
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Advanced Track
- ECE576: Final Clinical Practice-Field Component II in LBD Special Education (3 credit hours)
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Initial Track
- ECE586: Final Clinical Practice (6 credit hours)
Elective Courses
- As needed to earn a total of 60 credit hours. Elective courses must be approved by the program director.
Notes:
Candidates are required to have field experience with LBD and MSD students across the P-12 age/grade continuum.
Initial candidates must complete 15 weeks of student teaching with LBD students.
Candidates must pass the LBD and MSD specialty Praxis.
Alternative Route (Option 6) Program: This program is designed for those currently teaching under temporary provisional certificates. This is for initial candidates only. Candidates will be required to take EDU623 for zero credit hours. This class is used to observe candidates who are not in a formal field placement class (ECE575A, ECE575B, ECE586).