Department of Special Education Services
Martha Carroll, Chairperson
Undergraduate students in the Department of Special Education Services pursue preservice baccalaureate and non-degree State of Ohio teacher licensure for intervention specialist in mild-moderate needs, moderate-intensive needs, vision impairment and early childhood moderate-intensive needs. There are two tracks to obtaining a teacher license. Students may pursue parallel baccalaureate degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences. This gives the student two degrees and prepares the student for two professional fields of endeavor. Dual programs in some Arts and Science majors that complement special education have been designed. The student may pursue a single degree with an enhanced arts and science component. In addition to the State of Ohio teacher licensure, students also may pursue coursework to meet the requirements for adult services of the Ohio Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
The majors in Special Education consist of seven basic components: University Core, Orientation Course, Professional Education, Special Education Core, Licensure Area, Internship/Student Teaching and Additional Arts And Science/Dual Major Requirements. There are several dual degree options available.
All students in Special Education are required to meet the general admission and exit requirements established by the College of Education and Allied Professions. Because the courses in Special Education are tightly sequenced, students are urged to establish and maintain contact with the academic advisers beginning with the first term enrolled. Students apply for admission to the department during the spring semester of their sophomore year or the fall semester of their junior year.
Licensure Areas
Mild-moderate intervention specialist: Majors in this program prepare to teach in a variety of settings where services are provided to students needing mild-moderate intervention and adaptation. The settings include but are not limited to: inclusion setting, resource room setting and self-contained setting. The program leads to teacher licensure as a mild-moderate intervention specialist, K-12. University Core Curriculum: 27-30 hours Select from the list in the General Section of this catalog. Orientation Course: 2 hours EAP 1000 Orientation to Education 2 Professional Education: 9 hours EDP 3280 Introduction to Teaching 3 EDP 3290 Lifespan Development 3 TSOC 4000 Socio-cultural Influences on U.S. Education 3 Special Education Core: 33 hours SPED 3130 Linguistic Assessment or COMM 2440 Normal Language Acquisition 3 SPED 2040 Perspectives in Special Education 3 SPED 4060 Specialized Intervention in Infancy & Early Childhood 4 SPED 4240 Teaching Reading & Literacy to Learners with Disabilities 3 SPED 4250 Career/Voc Ed for Except. Youth 3 SPED 4260 Family/Professional Partnership 3 SPED 4330 Child Study Institute 1 SPED 4340 Interpersonal Skills in Class 3 HEAL 4400 Health Education for Youth 3 AED 4140 Integrated Arts for Special Populations. 3 CI 3430 Phonics and Word Identification 3 Area of Licensure Mild-Moderate Licensure: 14 hours SPED 4110 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Moderate Needs 3 SPED 4100 Field Practicum 4 SPED 4370 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Mild Needs 3 CI 4200 Middle Grades Field Experience 1 CI 4250 Principles of Curriculum Integration 3 Internship/Student teaching: 13 hours SPED 4930/4940 Internship/Student Teaching 12 SPED 4600 Professional Reflective Seminar 1 Program options: Students should see an adviser for the option of earning a dual degree in Urban Studies or Public Administration.
Moderate-intensive intervention specialist: Majors in this program prepare to teach in a variety of settings, K-12, where services are provided to students needing moderate-intensive intervention and adaptation. The settings include but are not limited to: inclusion settings, resource room settings, transition settings, and self-contained settings.
University Core Curriculum: 27-30 hours Select from the list in the General Section of this catalog. Orientation Course: 2 hours EAP 1000 Orientation to Education 2 Professional Education: 9 hours EDP 3280 Introduction to Teaching 3 EDP 3290 Lifespan Development 3 TSOC 4000 Socio-Cultural Influences on U.S. Education 3 Special Education Core: 33 hours SPED 3130 Linguistic Assessment or COMM 2440 Normal Language Acquisition 3 SPED 2040 Perspectives in Special Education 3 SPED 4060 Specialized Intervention inInfancy & Early Childhood 4 SPED 4240 Teaching Reading & Literacy to Learners with Disabilities 3 SPED 4250 Career/Voc. Ed for Except. Youth 3 SPED 4260 Family/Professional Partnership 3 SPED 4340 Interpersonal Skills in Class 3 SPED 4330 Child Study Institute 1 HEAL 4400 Health Education for Youth 3 AED 4140 Integrated Arts for Special Populations. 3 CI 3430 Phonics and Word Identification 3 Area of Licensure Moderate-Intensive Licensure: 16 hours SPED 3670 American Sign Language I 3 SPED 4110 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Moderate Needs 3 SPED 4120 Teaching Students with Intensive Educational Needs 3 SPED 4130 Field Practicum 4 COMM 4440 Augmentative Comm. Systems 3 Internship/Student Teaching: 13 hours SPED 4930/4940 Internship/Student Teaching 12 SPED 4600 Professional Reflective Seminar 1 Program options: Students should see an adviser for the option of earning a dual degree in Urban Studies or Public Administration.
Vision intervention specialist: Majors in this program prepare to teach in a variety of settings where services are provided to students needing intervention and adaptation because of a visual impairment. The settings include but are not limited to; inclusion setting, resource room setting, transition settings, self-contained setting and itinerant settings. The program leads to teacher licensure as a vision intervention specialist.
University Core Curriculum: 27-30 hours Select from the list in the General Section of this catalog. Orientation Course: 2 hours EAP 1000 Orientation to Education 2 Professional Education: 9 hours EDP 3280 Introduction to Teaching 3 EDP 3290 Lifespan Development 3 TSOC 4000 Socio-Cultural Influences on U.S. Education 3 Special Education Core: 36 hours SPED 3130 Linguistic Assessment or COMM 2440 Normal Language Acquisition 3 SPED 2040 Perspectives in Special Education 3 SPED 4060 Specialized Intervention in Infancy & Early Childhood 4 SPED 4240 Teaching Reading/Literacy for Learn 3 SPED 4250 Career/Voc. Ed for Except. Youth 3 SPED 4260 Family/Professional Partnership 3 SPED 4340 Interpersonal Skills in Class 3 SPED 4330 Child Study Institute 1 HEAL 4400 Health Education for Youth 3 AED 4140 Integrated Arts for Special Populations 3 CI 3430 Phonics and Word Identification 3 Area of Licensure Vision Licensure: 21-22 hours SPED 4110 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Moderate Needs or SPED 4370 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Mild Needs 3 SPED 4100 Field Practicum 2 SPED 3850 Braille I 2 SPED 3860 Braille II 2 SPED 4800 Vision Impairment 3 SPED 4810 Implications for Low Vision 3 SPED 4870 Education of the Blind and Visually Impaired 3 SPED 4880 Technology/Independent Liv Skills 3 CI 4200 Middle Grades Field Experience 1 CI 4250 Principles of Curriculum Integration 3 Internship/Student teaching: 13 hours SPED 4930/4940 Internship/Student Teaching 12 SPED 4600 Professional Reflective Seminar 1 Program options: Students should see an adviser for the option of earning a dual degree in Urban Studies or Public Administration.
School Speech-Language Pathology
School Speech-Language Pathology is housed in the Department of Special Education Services.
Licensure for clinical practice and certification in Ohio requires the completion of a master's degree. The undergraduate program in this area provides a significant portion of the total program. Students seeking licensure for Speech-Language Therapy should meet with an adviser beginning with the first term of enrollment.
University Core Curriculum: 27-30 hours Select from the list in the General Section of this catalog. Orientation Course: 2 hours EAP 1000 Orientation to Education 2 Arts & Science Foreign Language Requirement: 0-14 hours Arts and Science Major (Communication Disorder): 40 hours COMM 2410 Comm. Disorder: Introduction 3 COMM 2420 Clinical Phonetics 3 COMM 2430 Anat. & Phy. of Speech and Hearing 3 COMM 2440 Normal Language Acquisition 3 COMM 3440 Clinical Audiology 3 COMM 3450 Artic/Phonology Disorder 3 COMM 3460 Language Disorders 3 COMM 3470 Methods for Clinical Intervention 3 COMM 3480 Beginning Clinical Practicum 2 COMM 3490 Advanced Clinical Practicum I 2 COMM 4410 Organic Disorders of Speech 3 COMM 4420 Voice and Fluency Disorders 3 COMM 4430 Diagnostic Proc. in Comm. Dis. 3 COMM 4480 Advanced Clinical Prac. II 2 COMM 4490 Audiology Practicum I 1 Education Component: 32 hours EDP 3280 Introduction to Teaching 3 EDP 3290 Lifespan Development 3 SPED 2040 Perspectives of Special Education 3 SPED 3130 Linguistic Assessment 3 SPED 3610 Speech Science 3 SPED 3670 Sign Language (CORE) 3 SPED 3720 Aural Rehabilitation 3 CHSE 4080 Essentials for Help. Relation. or SPED 4260 Parent/Professional Partnership 3 SPED 4610 Linking Seminar: Collaboration 1 SPED 4370 Curriculum & Methodology for Students with Mild Needs 3 SPED 4120 Teaching Students With Intensive Educational Needs 3 SPED 2910 Cultural Diversity and Disabilities 1 Electives: 12 hours SPED 4260 Family & Professional Partnership in Special Educ. RTHT 1010 First Aid/CPR CHSE 3070 Family Counseling CHSE 4090 Therapeutic Environments for the Aged CHSE 4080 Essentials of Helping Relationships CI 4140 Teaching Methods for Foreign Languages CI 4710 Teaching Strategies in Multiculture Education CIEC 4510 Language and Literacy EDP 3110 Learning & Individual Differences LING 3150 Linguistic Principles LING 3190 Sociolinguistics LING 4140 Language in the Afric. Amer. Com. LING 4180 Representation of Language in the Brain PSY 3410 Psychology of Language HEAL 1800 Medical Terminology HEAL 4560 Health Problems of Aging SOC 4190 Social Gerontology SOC 4180 Medical Sociology