Description
Special Education Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered
The College of Liberal Arts & Education offers two programs leading to endorsements in Special Education–Learning Disabilities and Emotionally Impaired/ Behaviorally Disordered. Learning Disabilities is a field of Special Education which deals with children who have average or above average intelligence but who are not able to learn in conventional ways. The Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered is a field of Special Education which deals with children who have average or above average intelligence but who are unable to learn or to function due to emotional and or behavioral problems. Students completing the requirements for either program earn a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) degree.
Special Education Program
Students majoring in the field are recommended for an elementary provisional certificate or a secondary provisional certificate. The special education major qualifies students to teach the special education category from kindergarten to grade 12. Additionally, the state elementary provisional certificate is valid for teaching all subjects in grades kindergarten to and including grade 5, for teaching the subject areas of the major or minor in grades 6 through 8. The state secondary provisional certificate is valid for teaching in subject areas in grades 7 to and including grade 12 in which the applicant has completed a major or minor.
Degree Requirements
Requirements
Course requirements for major programs in Special Education Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered are distributed as follows:
Professional Education Core (36 Credits minimum)
Students planning to become certified to teach in the Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered must complete a minimum of 36 semester credit hours of coursework which include educational foundations, teaching methodology including instructional technology, reading instruction, special education, classroom observation and participation, and student teaching.
Teaching Minor (20-24 cr.)
Minors are chosen from those listed under elementary education program.
Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered Major (39 cr.)
| Required Courses |
| | | cr. |
| EDU 4310 | Classroom Management | | 3 |
| PYC 2500 | Developmental Psychology | | 3 |
| PYC 3420 | Abnormal Psychology | | 3 |
| PYC 4400 | Cross-Cultural Socialization | | 3 |
| SED 3750 | Special Education Field Experience | | 3 |
| SED 3800 | Introduction to Special Education: Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered | | 3 |
| SED 3810 | Educating the Emotionally Impaired | | 3 |
| SED 4120 | Special Education in the Secondary Schools | | 3 |
| SED 4530 | Assessment in Special Education | | 3 |
| SED 4820 | Educating Severely Emotionally Impaired/Behaviorally Disordered and Autistic Students | | 3 |
| SED 4840 | Directed Student Teaching: Special Education Emotionally Impaired | | 6 |
| SED 4860 | Response to Intervention | | 3 |
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