教育学学士-幼儿特殊教育P-3

幼儿特殊教育计划为学生提供从出生到八岁的儿童工作的机会，这些儿童被确定为发育迟缓和残疾的风险。该专业结合了幼儿和特殊教育的研究。特殊教育计划的任务是为优秀的教师提供培训，而残疾学生经常需要这些老师的服务，但教育部认为，还有许多其他学生可以从高质量的教学中受益。完成该课程将仅获得教育学士学位。该专业不具备学生的教学证书资格。毕业生通常会在不需要认证的私立儿童发展中心，政府机构或学区职位中寻找工作。
This plan of study is designed to prepare personnel to work with children from birth through eight years who have been identified as at-risk for developmental delay and disability and with their families. The major combines studies in Early Childhood and Special Education.<br><br>Students in this major typically seek employment in private child development centers and governmental agencies, they do not qualify for a teaching certificate. This non-teaching endorsement program offered through the Department of Special Education and Education Leadership was designed to prepare graduates to work with families and children with disabilities or at-risk in a variety of non-school based settings/programs. This rigorous major combines content in Special Education with that in Early Childhood. Throughout the program, students develop skills that enable them to synthesize knowledge of development, assessment, evidence based intervention, family systems, and the legal/social/political context in which they work with the goal of supporting children and families.