Teaching and Learning Special Education Program Overview
The Master of Arts in Special Education with an emphasis in Teaching and Learning provides you with advanced knowledge based on the Council for Exceptional Children’s Advanced Content Standards to address educational learning needs and improve teaching strategies to enhance student performance. For admission to the program, you must have completed at least year one of an Education Specialist Clear Induction Program.
In this Special Education degree program, you will:
- Use data-based strategies to meet the individual needs of students with disabilities.
- Implement evidence-based instructional and behavioral strategies to meet the varied needs of students with disabilities.
- Apply pedagogical concepts in educational settings to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities.
- Design a behavior intervention that targets and defines a socially significant behavior, creates data collection tools, implements behavior change procedures, and evaluates progress.