Mild to Moderate Support Needs: Special Education
Preliminary Education Specialist Instruction Credential
About this program
The Mild to Moderate Support Needs Credential: Special Education trains you to teach K–12 students with learning, emotional, speech, language, sensory processing, or mild intellectual disabilities. You learn to design instruction grounded in legal knowledge, assessment, data-driven planning, behavior support, inclusive and culturally responsive teaching, and co-teaching. The program includes 600 hours of supervised fieldwork and student teaching in urban schools. You will complete coursework and practicum that prepares you for inclusive classroom teaching.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The program prepares individuals seeking teacher certification to work with students who have Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN), including learning disabilities, English language learners with language/learning disabilities, emotional disturbances, speech and language disabilities, autism, visual or auditory processing difficulties, and intellectual disabilities. The Mild to Moderate Support Needs program provides instruction and applied experiences in legal issues, psychoeducational assessment, data-based decision making, instructional programming, behavior management, and collaboration and co-teaching among general and special educators. Credential candidates learn to develop close relationships with students and apply specialized techniques in numerous educational settings.