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Moderate Special Needs
Click to see the Special Education Programs Moderate Disabilities Student Handbook.
Through courses, field-based experiences, and practica, the program affords general education teachers, special educators and other specialists in related fields an opportunity to acquire the necessary assessment, instructional, and consultation skills for working effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse children and/or adolescents who are at risk and who have special educational needs, as well as with their families. Course work and experiences focus on the design and implementation of and advocacy for inclusionary learning settings for children with and without disabilities. The urban, multicultural school provides the central context within which graduate students are encouraged to reflect on their teaching practices and to view themselves as active contributors to the improvement of schools. Our program offers:
Moderate Special Needs
M.Ed. leading to Initial Licensure
The program offers matriculated students a 36-credit sequence of course work, including 75 hours of monitored pre-practicum field-based experience and a practicum (340 hours minimum), that partially fulfills Massachusetts Department of Education requirements for initial licensure. This license is valid for five years.
M.Ed. leading to Professional Licensure
For those who already hold initial licensure in this area and who wish to earn professional licensure in moderate disabilities, the University offers a 36 credit clinical master’s (MEd) program which meets the academic requirements for that license. This program focuses on using data-based teaching practices to develop literacy skills in a range of learners. The courses are designed around core courses that emphasizes cross-disciplinary instruction informed by assessment and adapted for a range of learners, including those whose first language is other than English. In the capstone project students will implement the units they have developed and document the impact of this instruction on their own students.
Post-Master’s Certificate for Professional Licensure
For those who received initial licensure through an approved M.Ed. in this area and who wish to go on to earn professional licensure in moderate disabilities, the University offers an 12 credit post-masters certificate. The course of study in this certificate emphasizes cross-disciplinary instruction, informed assessment practices and adapted for a range of students, including those whose first language is other than English.