Special Education Endorsement Only (END)

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Special Education Endorsement Only END

College(s): Education and Human Services

Required Courses		Credit Hours
Special Education Endorsement (34-37 credits)
Required Core (9 credit hours required)
ERLA 501	Understand Literacy - Lang Dev	3
EDUC 508	Inst of Exceptional Learners	3
EDUC 570	Teach-Learn Theories Classroom	3
Special Education Requirements (12 credit hours required)
ESPN 502	Com Collaborat Consult Spec Ed	3
ESPN 503	Behav Dimens Student Spec Need	3
ESPN 504	Devel - Impl of Ind Educ Prog	3
ESPN 505	Assess Student With Spec Needs	3
Endorsement Area (select one of the following endorsement areas)
Teachers of Students with Mental Impairments (13 credits)
ESPN 530	Basic Concep Mental Impairment	3
ESPN 532	Tchg St W Mild Mental Impair	3
ESPN 534	Tchg St W Mod-Sev Ment Impair	3
ESPN 592	Directed Tchg - Special Needs	4
Teachers of Students with Learning Disabilities (13 credits)
ERLA 533	Students Reading Difficulties	3
ESPN 520	Intro Student Learn Disability	3
ESPN 522	Tchg Student Learn Disabilitie	3
ESPN 592	Directed Tchg - Special Needs	4
Teachers of the Early Childhood Developmental Delay (16 credits) (Students choosing this area must be endorsed in another area of Special Education & have an Early Childhood Endorsement, major, minor or degree)
ESPN 510	Research-Policy Child Spec Edu	3
ESPN 512	Assess Young Child Spec Needs	3
ESPN 515	Mths in Early Childhd Spec Edu	3
ESPN 592	Directed Tchg - Special Needs	4
Teachers of Students with Autism (13 credits)
ESPN 540	Basic Concepts in Autism	3
ESPN 542	Curriculum and Autistic Child	3
ESPN 546	Wrkg With Parents - Profession	3
ESPN 592	Directed Tchg - Special Needs	4
Minimum semester credit hours required:		34

Why Choose the Special Education Endorsement?

This program is designed for persons with a Provisional Teacher Certificate who are seeking a Special Education Endorsement. Students seeking this endorsement must complete a minimum of one area for Endorsement.

Candidates for a Special Education Endorsement must pass the Special Education test in their Endorsement.

Please contact the School of Education Certification Officer at 231-591-5375 for additional information on state requirements.

More Information

College of Education & Human Services
Bishop Hall Room 421
Ferris State University
1349 Cramer Circle
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2737
Phone: 231-591-5361