Childhood Special Education
专业介绍
This MA program in Childhood Special Education is open to participants who have a bachelor’s degree and hold certification or are eligible for certification in childhood education. Upon successful completion of the program, participants are eligible for New York State professional certification in special education at the childhood level (grades 1–6).
The curriculum focuses on strategies to adapt curricula, learning environments, and assessments to address the different intellectual, emotional, and behavioral needs of students and on approaches for working with children with emotional/behavioral disabilities, including educating children with severe/multiple disabilities.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:
- Build relationships with students and families with the goal of fostering student learning, engagement and well-being.
- Integrate theory/research with pedagogical and classroom practice.
- Develop and implement discipline-based curricula, unit plans and lessons that are coherent, use culturally relevant pedagogies, and foster experiential learning.
- Create and apply classroom strategies that are explicit, innovative, appropriate for a specific context, and use technology to support student learning.
- Develop a practice that is equitable and inclusive and acquire the skills of a professional educator.
