Early Childhood Development and Learning: Diverse Children and Families with Annotation in Severe/Multiple Disabilities with prior NYS Certification in an area other than Early Childhood (MSEd) 2.5 Year Course Sequence and Program Tracker – Spring Start

 
  • Academic Plan: ECSB2-MSED
  • Academic Subplan: ECSMDANYSM
  • Credits: 42-46

This is a two-and-a-half-year course sequence starting in the Spring for a May/August graduation only, since student teaching only starts in the fall. Only four credits can be waived.

Spring Semester 1

Courses

  • SPED 70000 – Issues and Practices in Educating Students with Disabilities (3 credits)
  • SPED 70000 is not an option Summer 2021, take Fall 2021
  • ECC 70300 – Early Childhood Curriculum: Birth through Grade 2 (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 79200 – Language Development and Alternative Communication Systems for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Severe Disabilities including Deafblindness (3 credits, includes fieldwork hours)

Fall Semester 1

Courses

Courses listed in order of priority.

  • SPED 79000 – Foundations and Educational Implications of Severe/Multiple Disabilities (3 credits)
  • SPED 79100 – Alternative Assessment for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Visual Impairment, Deafblindness, and Severe Disabilities (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77200 – Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Its Application to Young Children with Special Needs (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)

Winter Session 1

Courses

  • ECC 71200 – Pre-Student Teaching Field Placements in Early Childhood ((1 credit, 10 days in a school)
    • Application due prior semester
    • Can only be waived with 1 year general education employment
    • Offered Fall, Winter, Spring, NOT summer

Spring Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 70650 – Strategies and Curriculum Adaptations for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77000 – Individualized Planning, Implementation and Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood (Birth through PreK) Environments and Curricula (3 credits, includes Fieldwork Hours)
  • SPEDE 77300 – Families, Parenting, and Family-Professional Partnerships: Theories, Research, and Practices (1.5 credits – part 1, includes Fieldwork hours)

Exams

  • Content Specialty Test (CST) – Multisubject Early Childhood
    • Passing is required prior to beginning student teaching or practicum

Summer Session 1-1

Exams

  • Content Specialty Test (CST) – Students with Disabilities
    • Passing is required prior to beginning student teaching or practicum

Fall Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 74600 – Educational Implications of Learners Who Are Deafblind (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 70700 – Research Seminar: Issues in Special Education (3 credits)
  • SPEDE 77300 – Families, Parenting, and Family-Professional Partnerships: Theories, Research, and Practices (1.5 credits – part 2, includes Fieldwork hours)

Student Teaching or Practicum

  • SPEDE 79550 – Pre K, Student Teaching in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; we place you for 3 days a week for 12 weeks)

OR

  • SPEDE 79552 – Pre K, Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; you find full employment with students with severe/ multiple disabilities)

Spring Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 79300 – Total Communication for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities (2 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77100 – Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characteristics and Implications for Intervention (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77400 – Adaptations for Individual Learners Across the K-2 Curriculum (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)

Student Teaching or Practicum (2 Semesters Required)

  • SPEDE 79550 – K-2, Student Teaching in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; we place you for 3 days a week for 12 weeks)

OR

  • SPEDE 79552 – K-2, Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; you find full employment with students with severe/ multiple disabilities)

Notes

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Graduation

Students must apply for graduation the semester before their planned graduation. Refer to the Graduation and Commencement page for full policies and procedures.

Certification

Students must apply for certification in their final semester. Refer to the Certification and Licensure page for requirements and step by step instructions

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