General and Program Specific Requirements for Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities Annotations
24.ÌýAnnotationsÌýto recognize additional pedagogical knowledge, skills, and experiencesÌýfor Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple DisabilitiesÌýfor certificates for teaching students with disabilities in early childhood, or childhood, or middle childhood, or adolescence; students who are blind or visually impaired; students who are deaf or hard of hearing; and students with speech and language disabilities
General requirements:ÌýN/A
Program-Specific Requirements
Coursework
The program shall include the following:
- characteristicsÌýof learners with severe or multiple disabilities;
- developmentÌýof collaborative partnerships for the benefit of students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation of students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- curriculumÌýdevelopment and varied methods of instructing students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- assistiveÌýand instructional technology in the teaching and learning of students with severe or multiple disabilities; and
- planningÌýand managing learning environments for individuals with severe or multiple disabilities, including post-school expectations, opportunities, and planning.
Field Experiences: college-supervised field experiences of at least 50 clock hours teaching students with severe or multiple disabilities.