Exceptionalities, MEd

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 field of special education. 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 with a 2.7 cumulative minimum undergraduate GPA.

Demonstration of competence by scoring within the 50th percentile for each subtest on the GRE or the MAT.

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Complete Program Application

Clear criminal background check. Please consult with the college’s Office of Student Services for Background Check information: 937-775-3088 or 3086.

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

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 6670 - Collaboration for Inclusion Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6690 - Clinical Practice in Remediation Credit Hour(s): 3

Total Hours: 21

Professional Elective (choose a minimum of one)

EDS 6240 - Curriculum, Methods, and Materials for Early Childhood Intervention Specialist and Pre-K Spec Needs Credit Hour(s): 3
OR
EDS 6420 - Curricula, Methods, and Materials to Teach Students with Moderate to Intensive Educational Needs 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

Total Hours: 3

Special Concentration (choose a minimum of two)

EDS 6090 - Methods & Assessment of Learners with Dyslexia Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6095 - Methods and Assessment for Learners with Dyslexia: Practicum I Credit Hour(s): 2
EDS 6200 - Principles and Practices in Early Childhood Intervention Specialist and Pre-K Spec Needs Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6220 - Establishing Partnerships with Families for ECIS or PKSN Credit Hour(s): 3
EDS 6400 - Education of Children with Medical, Physical, Sensory, and Autism Spectrum Exceptionalities Credit Hour(s): 3