Exceptional Education and Childhood Education Exceptional Education - SUNY College at Buffalo

Exceptional Education and Childhood Education Exceptional Education from SUNY College at Buffalo is a Campus Bachelor Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. Undergraduate majors in exceptional education study within a cross-categorical program focusing on the education of students who have a variety of regular and special instructional needs. Included are students in disability groups traditionally associated with mental retardation, physical/neurological disabilities, and learning and behavioral problems. Graduates of the program typically obtain positions as teachers in resource rooms, self-contained classrooms, special schools, and residential facilities, or as consultant teachers in general education settings. Students who pursue initial certification in both childhood special education and childhood education are particularly well qualified to work with students with special needs in integrated education settings. Students in exceptional education complete coursework in elementary education to be recommended for initial certification as a teacher of childhood education (grades 1?6) in New York State, as well as being recommended for initial certification as a teacher of childhood special education in New York State. Candidates for initial certification in special education must achieve passing scores on the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), Multi-Subject Content Specialty Test, and the Students with Disabilities Content Specialty Test of the New York State Teacher Certification Exam (NYSTCE). Career Information The exceptional education program is a dual-certification program for teachers of special education and elementary education. Students must complete 158-176 credits to graduate, compared with 123 credit hours in most other programs. Graduates are recommended for New York State Initial Certification in two specialties: exceptional education , which focuses on educating learners who have special instructional needs, and childhood education (grades pre-K-6). Graduates must meet all the requirements to receive permanent certification to teach in New York State. (Please note that transfer students who will graduate by December 2003 may choose to specialize in exceptional education only.) Graduates typically obtain positions as teachers in resource rooms, self-contained classrooms, inclusive classrooms, special schools, and residential facilities or as consultant teachers in standard education settings. Students are well qualified to work with students with special needs in inclusive education settings. Graduates are employed throughout the United States and in many foreign countries as special education teachers in preschools, elementary schools, and junior and senior high schools; as administrators in schools, community agencies, and state agencies; and as college professors and scholars. Recent graduates have been hired by school districts in Buffalo and Western New York, across New York and the United States; and at institutions such as United Cerebral Palsy, Gateway-Longview, Baker Victory Services, Stanley G. Falk School, and Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center. View more details on SUNY College at Buffalo . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.