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Mild Disabilities

Students completing the initial program in special education in mild disabilities will complete the Masters of Science in Education degree. This program provides the student with foundations in special education as well as guided teaching practice in the junior and senior years. During the "fifth" year the students complete a year long student teaching experience while completing course work designed to allow them to become evaluators of educational practice and materials as well as evaluators of their own teaching. The master's program follows a natural progression of information acquisition, skill development and experience. Students are qiven information and develop skills to conduct action research based on the needs discovered in application settings. Therefore, the progression from a consumer and utilizer of content and research develops to that of a beginning producer. Students completing the program will be recommended to the Professional Standard Commission, Georgia's certification body, for certification in the Interrelated area allowing them to teach children with learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and mild mental retardation.

Severe Disabilities

Students completing the initial program in special education in severe disabilities will complete the Masters of Science in Education degree. This program provides the student with foundations in special education as well as guided teaching practice in the junior and senior years. During the "fifth" year the students complete a year long student teaching experience while completing course work designed to allow them to become evaluators of educational practice and materials as well as evaluators of their own teaching. The master's program follows a natural progression of information acquisition, skill development and experience. Students are qiven information and develop skills to conduct action research based on the needs discovered in application settings. Therefore, the progression from a consumer and utilizer of content and research develops to that of a beginning producer. Students completing the program will be recommended to the Professional Standard Commission, Georgia's certification body, for certification in the Intellectual Disabilities area allowing them to teach children with mental retardation.

Early Intervention

Students completing the initial program in special education in early childhood special education will complete the Masters of Science in Education degree. This program provides the student with foundations in special education as well as guided teaching practice in the junior and senior years. During the "fifth" year the students complete a year long student teaching experience while completing course work designed to allow them to become evaluators of educational practice and materials as well as evaluators of their own teaching. The master's program follows a natural progression of information acquisition, skill development and experience. Students are qiven information and develop skills to conduct action research based on the needs discovered in application settings. Therefore, the progression from a consumer and utilizer of content and research develops to that of a beginning producer. Students completing the program will be recommended to the Professional Standard Commission, Georgia's certification body, for certification in either the Interrelated or the Intellectual Disabilities area depending on the concentration track followed. Additionally, endorsement certification is recommended in pre-school special education.