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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Academic Catalog
Special Education, M.Ed.
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Mission: The mission of the Special Education Department of the College of Education & Health Professions is to provide knowledge of the legal, social and cultural aspects of disability. Professionals are prepared to assess, teach, reinforce and evaluate children and adults with disabilities so they may reach their learning and behavioral potential.
Students must pass a comprehensive examination on the content of one education core course and the content of two courses in their plan area. One question must come from the faculty advisor and one question must come from faculty outside of the SPED teaching core. Students are eligible to take the comprehensive exam either the semester before or during the semester they intend to graduate. Students who fail one part of the exam may re-take the exam within the same semester in which it was first attempted. Students who fail more than one part of the comprehensive examination must wait until the next semester before they may re-take the examination. A subsequent failure will result in required remedial work and may delay graduation. After three failures, students will be withdrawn from the program and, therefore, be deemed ineligible for graduation.
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Special Education (30 hours)
Core Requirements: (6 hours)
Major Concentration (15 hours)
Additional Requirements (6 hours)
Concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
Educators and professionals working with people with disabilities in schools, community service agencies as well as residential settings wishing to obtain knowledge and expertise in the area of Applied Behavior Analysis can now get their master’s in Special Education with a concentration in Applied Behavior Analysis at UHV.
The course sequence for ABA includes the following courses:
Special Education M.Ed.: ABA Concentration (39 hours)
Major Concentration (18 hours)
ABA Concentration (21 hours)
Notes
Those students who already have a Master’s Degree can enroll at UHV as non-degree seeking students to take the ABA course sequence.
Students must pass a comprehensive examination on the content in this degree with all three questions coming from the faculty teaching SPED ABA content.
Concentration in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (36 hours)
The ASD course sequence includes the following courses:
Core Requirements (9 hours)
Major Concentration (18 hours)
ASD Concentration Requirements (9 hours)
Note
Those students who already have a Master’s Degree can enroll at UHV as non-degree seeking students to take the ASD course sequence.
Concentration: Educational Diagnostician Certification (36 hours)
Core Requirements (9 hours)
Major Concentration (18 hours)
Diagnostician Concentration (9 hours)
Additional Requirements for the Educational Diagnostician Certification:
- Hold a valid Texas teacher certificate.
- Master’s degree.
- A minimum of three years teaching experience in an accredited school.
- Admission to graduate study within the School of Education, Health Professions & Human Development must precede the completion of applicable course work.
- Completion of at least 36 semester hours of approved courses related to the program for educational diagnostician.
- Pass the TExES #253.
Concentration: Dyslexia (36 hours)
Core Requirements (9 s.h.)
Major Concentration: 18 s.h.
Dyslexia Concentration (9 hours)
Additional Requirements:
Master Comprehensive Test
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