Exceptionalities, M.Ed.

Program Description:

The Exceptionalities degree program is offered at the graduate level and provides a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree for candidates desiring to gain knowledge and experience working with individuals with exceptionalities, but who do not want to obtain a professional teaching license in the Intervention Specialist field. The program provides candidates insight on both high-incidence disabilities and low-incidence disabilities across multiple age ranges and how exceptionalities impact the process of learning.

Admissions Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with a 3.0 minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with a 2.7 minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA and demonstration of competence by scoring at the 50th percentile, or better, on the GRE or the MAT.

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Complete Program Application

Clear criminal background check (BCI/FBI backgound checks). Please consult the Teacher Education Department (at TED5@wright.edu) for Background Check information..

For more information visit: https://education-human-services.wright.edu/teacher-education

Program Objectives:

Prepare candidates on:

The impact of learners’ academic and social abilities, attitudes, interests, and values on instruction and career development.

The educational Implications of characteristics of various exceptionalities.

The relationship of special education to the organization and function of educational agencies

The issues in definition and identification of individuals with exceptional learning needs, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Educational implications of characteristics of various exceptionalities.

Characteristics and effects of the cultural and environmental milieu of the individual with exceptional learning needs and the family.

Similarities and differences of individuals with and without exceptional learning needs.

Similarities and differences among individuals with exceptional learning needs.

Differing ways of learning of individuals with exceptional learning needs, including those from culturally diverse backgrounds and strategies for addressing these differences.

Required Professional Core

The following 24 credit hours of coursework are required for all candidates in the Exceptionalities M.Ed. program

ED 6040 - Instruction in Word Study and Phonics for Intervention Specialists Credit Hour(s): 3
ED 6700 - Student Learning and Motivation Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6510 - Foundations of Special Education Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6530 - Learners with Exceptionalities Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6550 - Special Education Research & Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6570 - Instructional and Behavioral Management Skills for Intervention Specialists Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6590 - Assessment Skills for Intervention Specialists Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6690 - Clinical Practice in Remediation Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Professional Core Hours: 24 Credit Hours

Professional Electives

Choose any two of the following courses

ED 6020 - Reading and Literacy I: Background and Tools for Intervention Specialists Credit Hour(s): 3
OR
EDS 6610 - Curricula, Methods and Materials to Teach students with Mild to Moderate Educational Needs Credit Hour(s): 3
OR
EDS 6630 - Introduction to Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication Credit Hour(s): 3
OR
EDS 6650 - Transitions of Students with Exceptionalities Credit Hour(s): 3
OR
EDS 6670 - Collaboration for Inclusion Credit Hour(s): 3