Department website: https://www.atu.edu/tel
This graduate certificate is ideal for educators seeking to deepen their expertise in special education and take on leadership roles as instructional specialists, special education coordinators, or consultants. Participants will be prepared to make significant contributions to the field of special education and improve the educational experiences of students with diverse learning needs.
Courses for this certificate are offered online.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will determine the similarities and differences between children with and without exceptional learning needs.
- Students will show awareness of how learning needs can impact families.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of the learning abilities of the individual with exceptional learning needs.
- Students will show awareness of how organizations function to meet the needs of the individual with exceptional learning needs.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of current theories, laws, and policies for the education of exceptional learners.
- Students will demonstrate advocacy with parents and the community in responding to the varying abilities and behaviors of exceptional learners.
- Students will discover how to create Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) and (Individualized Education Plans) (IEP) goals and objectives to impact individuals.
- Students will become familiar with the Foundations of Reading competencies.
- Students will demonstrate the importance of technology and assistive devices.
For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php
