These study options are explained below. Special Needs Master's Degree and Certification with Internship Students entering with an advanced provisional certificate or no previous certification complete three prerequisite courses during the preclinical internship phase in the summer. In the intensive clinical experience phase, candidates work full time as paid interns in an integrated, resource, or self-contained classroom at one of Wheelock's professional development partner schools. Simultaneously, candidates complete a series of courses and seminars that are linked with the internship during the school year. The post-clinical internship phase commences in the summer following the internship.
Students work closely with an academic advisor to develop a plan of study.
There are several Human Development course choices and these should be selected with an advisor based on previous experience and coursework in human development. Students must pursue course work on a full-time basis beginning in the summer. Program requirements can be completed in two summers and an academic year. In the preclinical internship phase, candidates complete three prerequisite courses at their own pace. During the intensive clinical experience phase, candidates use their own classrooms as learning laboratories under the careful mentorship of Wheelock faculty members.