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Specialist Certificate Program – Early Childhood Special Education

Prerequisites

• Clear, Professional Clear or Life Special Education Credential;

• 30 hours documented field experience with young children (birth-five years);

• Coursework in child development or related field approved by ECSE Coordinator, Dr. Maurine Ballard-Rosa;

• CHDV 30 Human Development or equivalent (may be concurrent)

• CBEST (may be concurrent);

Please Note: You MUST meet with your assigned Advisor to develop an official Advisement Form at the beginning of the program.

 

ECSE Core (15-units)

Course Number	Title	Units + Lab
EDS 130 A/B	Typical and Atypical Development Characteristics and Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities/Lab + Prerequisite: CHDV 30 or equivalent	2 + 1
EDS 131 A/B	Introduction to Family Centered Service Delivery in ECSE/Lab + Prerequisite: EDS 130A/B or equivalent	2 + 1
EDS 210 A/B	Assessment and Evaluation in ECSE/Lab + Pre-/corequisites: EDS 130A/B & EDS 131A/B	2 + 1
EDS 211 A/B	Curriculum, Intervention Strategies, and Environments in ECSE I/Lab + Pre-/corequisites: EDS 130A/B & EDS 131A/B	2 + 1
EDS 212A/B	Curriculum, Intervention Strategies, and Environments in ECSE II/Lab + Pre-/corequisites: EDS 130A/B, EDS 131A/B, EDS 210A/B, and EDS 211A/B	2 + 1
		15 units

 

Seminar/Field Experience (11-12 units)

Course Number	Title	Units + Lab
EDS 234	Directed Field Experience Seminar—Must be taken with any Directed Field Experiences (DFE - only once if DFE is done in the same semester). + Corequisites: EDS 474 & EDS 475	1
EDS 474	Directed Field Experience: Infants with Special Educational Needs + Corequisite: EDS 234	5
EDS 475	Directed Field Experience: Preschoolers with Special Educational Needs + Corequisite: EDS 234	5
		11 units

 

Total Certificate Program Units = 26 - 27