This program, when pursued as graduate study, may lead to a Master of Arts degree in Education. Special Education Specialist , is a program training persons to work with exceptional students, is open to credentialed teachers or to candidates wishing to work concurrently on a basic teaching credential. Communication Handicapped Deaf and severely hard of hearing Gifted Gifted minors. The student teaching program involves a minimum of 250 in-class hours. Assignments may be divided to provide both elementary and secondary experiences.
Opportunities are varied for professional service in special education.
Teachers of all areas of exceptionally are employed in public, private and state residential schools. Positions are also available in clinics and agencies. This graduate program, leading to the Master of Arts degree in education, is designed for the person who desires an administrative or supervisory position at the district level or in schools or colleges. Speech specialists work in a school setting with pupils having communicative disorders or varying degrees of severity, and of organic and non-organic etiology. Audiologists work with individuals having varying degrees of hearing impairment and provide diagnostic and therapeutic services and make recommendations regarding educational placement.