Early Childhood Special Education Child Life Credential
MA in Education with an Emphasis in ECE with Child Life and Preliminary Education Specialist Instruction Credential (MA/ECE/CL/ECSE)
Minimum of 59 semester course credits
This program will allow the students to specialize in Child Life and earn the Education Specialist Instruction Credential with the specialty area of Early Childhood Special Education and added authorizations of Emotional Disturbance. Students will plan their course schedule with a faculty advisor; the following core courses represent a typical student’s movement through the program:
| First Year | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 214 | Family Systems and Cultural Diversity: Connections with Schools, Communities, and Hospital Setting | 3 |
| EDUC 231 | Assessment and Intervention for Children with Special Needs | 3 |
| EDUC 238 | Social, Emotional, and Moral Development and Learning | 3 |
| EDUC 242 | The Hospitalized Child | 3 |
| EDUC 253 | Child Life Seminar & Clinical Skills | 3 |
| EDUC 254 | Medical Information: Children in Hospitals and Clinics | 2 |
| EDUC 255 | Children with Special Needs: Infants and Young Children | 3 |
| EDUC 256 | Grief & Loss: Children & Families | 3 |
| EDUC 260 | History and Theories of Play in Human Development, Culture, and Education | 3-3 |
| EDUC 291A | Theory and Practice of Early Childhood Education 0-8: Infancy and Preschoolers | 3 |
| EDUC 291B | Theory and Practice of ECE: Curriculum & Instruction for Infants and Preschoolers with Special Needs | 3 |
| Hours | 32 | |
| Total Hours | 32 | |
| Summer | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 273A | Field Experience in Child Life in Hospitals 1 | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 3 | |
| 1 | Credit is added to fall semester after completion of summer field placement. Students can take the Field Experience during either summer or during the fall semester. |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Year II & III | ||
| EDUC 237 | Language Development: Literacy, bilingualism, and communication | 3 |
| EDUC 263 | Administrative Practicum in Early Childhood Programs | 3 |
| EDUC 273A | Field Experience in Child Life in Hospitals | 3 |
| or EDUC 273B | Field Experience in Child Life in Hospitals II | |
| EDUC 275A | Field Experience in Early Childhood Special Ed and Infant Mental Health | 3 |
| EDUC 275B | Field Experience in Early Childhood Special Ed and Infant Mental Health | 3 |
| EDUC 276 | Leadership and Administration in Early Childhood Programs | 3 |
| EDUC 294A | Graduate Seminar: Research in Education—ECE | 3 |
| EDUC 294B | Research Seminar—ECE | 3 |