Special Education - Dowling College

Special Education from Dowling College is a Campus Master Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. The Special Education program offers teacher certification in Childhood, or Adolescence with Special Education. The Special Education program offers an annotation in specialized areas for individuals who are severely disabled. The sequence of courses offered in the graduate program reflects the mission, goals, and objectives needed to become a competent educator in the field of Special Education. The courses address a broad range of competencies necessary to provide sound instructional services for students with special needs. The courses merge issues related to the field of special education with practice, and reflect best practices in assessment and instruction with a supervised field placement. Applicants seeking certification in Special Education who hold teacher certification in another area with at least one introductory course in Special Education , or who have completed a baccalaureate degree with a minor in Special Education or its equivalent may complete 30 semester hours of credits (Option I). Candidates who hold a Bachelors degree and are seeking certification in Special Education may fulfill the 45 - credit program plus meet the State Education Department standard required for certification (Option II). Applicants who hold New York State Certification in Special Education wishing to complete the 30 hours for Professional Certification must complete 24 credits in Special Education and complete 6 credits in a field of interest at the graduate level. A 3 hour supervised placement is required prior to certification. For Professional Certification candidates must have completed two years of teaching experience in Special Education (Option III). All candidates are required to successfully complete the appropriate portions of the New York Teacher Certification Examinations. View more details on Dowling College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.