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Program Description:
This program of study focuses on deepening students’ understandings
of teaching students with severe or multiple disabilities. Students
select a focus on either “Students with Challenging Behaviors,”
or “Students with Functional Skill Instruction Needs.”
Both stands include inclusive strength-based perspectives.
Students who successfully complete this program will receive an
annotation on their New York State Teacher Certification:
| Teaching Students with Severe or
Multiple Disabilities |
Admission Requirements:
- Enrollment in an Inclusive Education Program
at Nazareth College.
OR
- Completion of a baccalaureate degree at an
accredited institution with a cumulative index of 3.0 and a B
average in the major field.
- Presentation of official transcripts.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- Application and fee.
- Completion of the personal-professional statement
as described on the application form.
- Copy of teacher certification in Teaching Students
with Disabilities.
(SEE application form for more specific information.)
Required Course Credits:
6 credit hours
| Required Courses: |
| Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Fieldwork |
Comments |
| Focus One: Students
with Functional Skill Instruction Needs |
| SMD 640 |
Seminar in Learning Standards, Alternate
Performance Indicators, and Assessments for Students with Significant
Disabilities |
3 |
15 hrs. |
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| SMD 641 |
Tools and Strategies for Functional Curriculum
and Instruction for Students with Significant Disabilities |
3 |
35 hrs. |
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| Focus Two: Students with Challenging
Behaviors |
| SMD 650 |
Seminar in Supporting Students with Challenging
Behavior in Inclusive Settings |
3 |
15 hrs. |
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| SMD 651 |
Strategies for Breaking the Conflict Cycle
and Teaching Students with Challenging Behaviors |
3 |
35 hrs. |
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To view course descriptions in the Graduate Catalog,
click
here.
Students may take these courses as elective credit within
the Inclusive Education: Additional Certification, Same Developmental
Level Programs and the Inclusive Childhood Education: Professional
Certification Program.
Program Director:
Dr. James Black
Office: Golisano Academic Center, Room 201
Phone: (585) 389-2619
Fax: (585) 586-2452
Email: jwblack@naz.edu
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