SPECIAL EDUCATION AND DISABILITY POLICY

Programs

M.Ed. in Special Education

Master in Education - Emotional Disturbance

The Master of Education in Emotional Disturbance Program provides teachers the professional knowledge and skills needed to work in a variety of settings: general education classrooms (where children with special needs are being included), resource rooms, self-contained classrooms and residential programs. In developing teacher competencies the master’s program focuses on specific skills and strategies for diagnosing and remediating behavior and learning problems of students with emotional disturbance. The educational and therapeutic interventions taught in the program are based on a number of theoretical models including behavioral, psychodynamic, ecological and psycho educational.

Required Courses and Field Work

Foundations 9 credits

EDUS 660 Research Methods in Education (3)

(one of the following) (3)
EDUS 602 Adolescent Growth and Development
EDUS 603 Seminar in Child Growth and Development
EDUS 604 Adult Development
EDUS 607/PSYC 607 Advanced Educational Psychology
EDUS 609 Learning Theories in Education Cultural, historical, and philosophical

(one of the following) (3)
EDUS 601 Philosophy of Education
EDUS 608 History of Western Education
EDUS 610 Social Foundations of Education
EDUS 612 Education and the World’s Future
EDUS 614 Contemporary Educational Thought

Special education core 21 credits

TEDU 630 Trends in Special Education
TEDU 631 Behavior Management of Students with Disabilities
TEDU 632 Secondary Programming for Students with Disabilities
TEDU 533 Educational Assessment of Individuals with Exceptionalities
SELD 530 Language Disabilities: Assessment and Teaching
TEDU 426 Teaching Reading and Other Language Arts
(prerequisite for TEDU 566; can also take TEDU 561 as prerequisite for TEDU 566)
TEDU 566 Diagnosis and Remediation in Reading

Specialization core 9 credits

EMOD 500 Characteristics of Students with Emotional Disturbance (3)
EMOD 501 Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbance (3)
EMOD 603 Interactive Strategies in Teaching Students with Special Needs (3)

Clinical 6 Credits

TEDU 700 Externship: MR
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