Special Education - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus

Special Education from Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus is a Campus Bachelor Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. The emphasis throughout the Special Education program is upon a broad clinical teaching model. Course work and practicum experiences focus upon the diagnosis and management of a wide range and degree of educational and behavioral problems of students with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21. A core of Special Education courses aimed at general skill development in the areas of diagnosis, prescription, development of materials and teaching strategies, implementation, and evaluation is required of all students. This major focuses on teaching principles and methodologies, classroom and behavioral management, and the development of teaching materials for children and youths with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities. This program helps prepare special education teachers to meet the needs of students enrolled in elementary and secondary public school special education programs. The executive vice president and provost of the University has approved administrative enrollment controls for this major. The number of students admitted each year to this major is limited. Additional information about applying for this major is available in the dean\\\'s office in the College of Education . Upon successful completion of the major outlined below, students become eligible for the Pennsylvania Level I Certificate in Teaching the Mentally and/or Physically Handicapped. Baccalaureate degree candidates must meet the following requirements 1-3 by the end of their third semester: 1. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 2. Qualifying scores from the PRAXIS I - PPST for Reading, Writing and Mathematics 3. Documentation of at least 80 hours of volunteer or paid education work experience with learners of the age group the candidate plans to teach. Candidates for Special Education must document two separate 40-hour experiences in two different settings, with learners who have special needs. One experience should include learners with a different level of severity or functioning (e.g., mild/severe, young/adult) from those learners in the other experience. One experience should also include learners with cultural, social, or ethnic backgrounds different from the candidates own. View more details on Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.