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Licensure and Master of Arts in Special Education - Emotional behavioral disorders Courses

Prerequisites
Must hold a valid teaching license in Minnesota or take courses to fulfill standards

Core Courses
Survey of Exceptionality
Behavior Management
Collaboration Skills for School Professionals

Licensure Courses
Fundamentals of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Basic Skills Instruction: Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Educational Assessment
Interventions: Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

PRAXIS II
Practicum: Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Fundamentals of Learning Disabilities

Additional Requirements to earn a Master's Degree
Principles of Educational Research
Special Education Final Project

Refer to our catalog for course descriptions with greater detail.

Prerequisites

• Education's Place in Society (TEGR 510, EDUC 210, or equivalent)
• Human Relations and Multicultural Education (TEGR 512, EDUC 212 or equivalent)
• Psychology of Teaching and Learning (TEGR 530, EDUC 330, or equivalent)
• PRAXIS I (pre-professional skills test or CBT)

Core Courses (9 Credits)

Survey of Exceptionality (SPED 750 – 3 Credits)

• Examine the theories, legal mandates, definitions and terminology related to special education.
• Explore characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities including gifted and talented; emotional behavioral, and speech and language disorders; learning, developmental and sensory disabilities; early childhood special education.

Behavior Management (SPED 785 – 3 Credits)

• Explores the idea of positive behavior support for promoting acceptable behavior in school and other settings where individuals learn.
• Develop skills to teach and support acceptable behavior that is demonstrated in home, school, and community settings.

Collaboration Skills for School Professionals (SPED 714 – 3 Credits)

• Develop the knowledge and skills needed to effectively collaborate with faculty, administrators, students, para-educators, families, and community members.
• Explore applications of collaboration related to consultation, team membership, co-teaching, partnership with families, developing interagency agreements and supervision of paraprofessionals.
• Identify current practices in collaboration used in program planning and implementation for students receiving special education services.

Licensure Courses (21 Credits)

Fundamentals of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (SPED 752 – 3 credits)

• Provide an introduction to the dynamics of emotional and behavior disorders.
• Explore their effects on students’ education, legal responsibilities of schools, and collaboration among schools and other agencies who serve these youth.
• Understand the theories, definitions and characteristics within the context of school, family and community settings are discussed.

Basic Skills Instruction: Mild/Moderate Disabilities (SPED 705 – 3 Credits)

• Develop research-supported theoretical foundations and skills for the instruction of students with mild-to-moderate disabilities in the basic skills.
• Gain practical knowledge in psychological processing and the basic skills of reading, written expression, spelling, and mathematics.

Educational Assessment (SPED 645 – 3 Credits)

• Examine the technical adequacy and educational viability of assessment instruments in determining screening, eligibility, student progress monitoring, and data-based instructional planning practices for students with mild and moderate educational disabilities. 
• Practice with a variety of measures, including standardized instruments in test administration, scoring and interpretation as well as attention to informal and observational assessment data collection and reporting. 

Instructional Strategies: Mild/Moderate Disabilities (SPED 788 – 3 Credits)

• Understand the academic, social, and functional needs of children identified as having a mild-moderate disability.
• Find out about current learning strategies and traditional remedial approaches.

• Learn about IEP development as well as instructional strategies and techniques that work in the classroom.

Interventions: Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (SPED 733 – 3 credits)

• Gain an opportunity to learn the effective application of research-based interventions designed to teach students with emotional and behavioral disorders in K-12 school settings. 
• Identify the interventions based on behavioral, psycho-educational, and ecological theories are shared in order to prepare teachers to work with youth with emotional and behavioral disorders in educational settings. Prerequisites: SPED 752.

Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (SPED 755 – 3 credits)

• Explore the unique strengths and needs of adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders.
• Understand the topics pertinent to adolescents and ideas for interventions designed to address school, home and community needs, including transitions, are addressed in the course.

PRAXIS II: Test of professional knowledge and subject matter and content test

Practicum: Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (SPED 734 – 3 credits)

• Gain practicum experience in an educational setting.
• Develop skills in teaching students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
• Explore documentation of practical experiences gleaned from the student’s licensure program.

Fundamentals of Learning Disabilities (SPED 786 - 3 Credits)

• Develop theoretical and practical knowledge about the field of learning disabilities.
• Understand school-based definitions, criteria, characteristics and etiology, as well as community and family support systems.
• Identify the current trends at the local, state and national levels for students with learning disabilities.

Additional Requirements to earn a Master's Degree(4 Credits)

Principles of Educational Research (CIED 500 – 3 Credits)

• Identify the methods of descriptive and experimental research, basic statistical theory and application, orientation to library resources, development of significant research methodology. 

Special Education Final Project (SPED 799 – 1 Credit)

• Apply your knowledge in useful and creative ways.
• Display your knowledge in teaching.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence professionals in your field of choice.
• Design and implement innovative curricula, adapted instruction, in-service programs or complete a formal research project.

Refer to our catalog for course descriptions with greater detail.