For full-time students entering the program with a bachelor's degree, the typical length of time for completing the M.Ed. Degree is two years. For full-time students entering the program with a bachelor's degree, the typical length of time for completing the Ed. After the second year, the primary difference between the two tracks is in the expectations for research and the content of field experiences. S. Program Goal.
S. track is to develop exemplary practitioners for work in schools, clinics, or private settings.
SPP graduates are proficient in the selection, administration, scoring, and interpretation of a variety of instruments. Students learn how to use these instruments in the context of diagnosis and remediation of learning and psychological difficulties of children and youth. SPP graduates are proficient in diagnosing problems that children and youth typically experience in education and other settings. Students learn various techniques and intervention strategies for working directly with individual students, groups, and their parents for addressing these problems. SPP graduates learn principles and strategies for indirect service provision to children and youth in educational settings.