enhanced opportunities to practice assessment
and intervention skills. Prerequisite:
APSY725 or permission of instructor.
APSY789
RESEARCH II: SEMINAR
IN EDUCATIONAL AND
PSYCHOLOGICAL
RESEARCH
3 sem. hrs.
This course teaches skills required for com-
pleting data collection for research, evaluating
the validity of research results, and presenting
research to the public. Students are required to
complete a research manuscript of publishable
quality. Prerequisite: EDUC788.
APSY790
SEMINAR IN SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGY
3 sem. hrs.
This course focuses on current issues and
problems graduate students face during the
internship and the early years of their school
practice. It includes legal and ethical issues.
Consultation and collaboration in educational
settings, common professional problems, and
the organization of psychological services in
school settings. Prerequisite: permission of
instructor.
APSY795
INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL
PSYCHOLOGY
3-9 sem. hrs.
This internship in school psychology provides
advanced school psychology students with
opportunities for supervised experiences
delivering a broad range of school psycholog-
ical services. Services include but are not lim-
ited to assessment and direct and indirect inter-
vention design and implementation. Interns
work with children across developmental lev-
els from varied backgrounds who experience
educational and behavioral difficulties. Pre-
requisite: APSY725 or permission of instruc-
tor.
APSY796
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
AND VIOLENCE
PREVENTION IN
SCHOOLS
3 sem. hrs.
This course develops an understanding of
techniques and issues related to preventing
and managing crises situations in schools. It
trains students in non-violent interventions for
handling aggressive and disruptive school-age
individuals. This course is the third and final
course in the sequence of courses for the
Behavior Management Specialist Certificate.
Prerequisites: SPED628 and SPED794 or per-
mission of instructor.
POST-BACCALAUREATE
PROGRAM OPTIONS IN
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Individuals who hold an undergraduate degree
in any field from an accredited institution
may select from among several Special Educa-
tion program options, each of which is
addressed in detail, below:
Degree-only Program M.Ed. in Special
Education for students who already hold spe-
cial education teacher certification. (A mini-
mum of 36 semester hours of graduate credit
are required for the M.Ed. in Special Educa-
tion.)
Degree + Certification Program M.Ed. in
Special Education with concomitant special
education certification. (Students pursuing
teacher certification will receive an individu-
alized course of study specifying the addition-
al courses required.)
Certification-only Program a non-degree
course of study toward special education certi-
fication. (Students who do not hold a graduate
degree and pursue this option are strongly
encouraged to take graduate-level certifica-
tion courses whenever possible, as most of
those graduate courses can also be applied
toward the M.Ed. in Special Education.)
Behavior Management Specialist Certifi-
cate Program a nine credit, in-house spe-
cialization that may be taken alone or as part
of the M.Ed. program.
MASTER OF
EDUCATION DEGREE
Special Education
The Master of Education degree program in
Special Education is designed to develop and
improve knowledge of and performance in
core professional competencies related to the
field of special education. Plans of study can
be individualized, to some extent, to allow stu-
dents who are already experienced in the field
to develop additional expertise in a certain
area of exceptionality (e.g., learning disabili-
ties or giftedness) or to allow a student to
acquire specific skills needed to perform the
duties associated with a new position in the
field (one requiring specialization in, e.g.,
behavior management or early intervention.
Online M.Ed. Program
Post-baccalaureate students who live a consid-
erable distance from the University and/or
who find themselves in situations whereby
they are unable to attend courses on campus
may choose to enroll in the online version of
the M.Ed. program in Special Education. Stu-
dents in the online program are assigned to a
particular cohort. Together, students in each
cohort complete the same courses as those pur-
suing traditional routes of certification. In
addition, they are required to complete a three-
week summer residency component on the
Edinboro University campus. For further
information about this option, please contact
the Department of Special Education and
School Psychology or the Office of Graduate
Studies.
Admissions Requirements and
Procedures
Individuals seeking admission as degree stu-
dents in the Special Education M.Ed. program
must comply with the general admissions
requirements for graduate studies at Edinboro
University. Upon acceptance to the program,
students should contact their assigned advisor
to complete a plan of graduate study that is
individualized to meet their specific needs,
including special education certification for
those who do not already possess such certifi-
cation.
Curriculum
A minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate
credit is required for the Master of Education
degree in Special Education. Each student's
program of study consists of four components:
educational research, educational foundations,
core special education, and special education
electives:
Required Courses
36 sem. hrs.
Research
6 sem. hrs.
EDUC788 Research in Education (3)
APSY789
Seminar in Educational and
Psychological Research (3)
Foundations
3 sem. hrs.
EDUC784 Psychological Foundations
of Education (3)
or
EDUC783 Philosophical Foundations
of Education* (3)
Special Education Core Courses
21 sem. hrs.
SPED710
Seminar in Exceptionalities**
(3)
SPED720
Advanced Assessment in
Special Education** (3)
SPED730
Analysis of Special Education
Curriculum** (3)
SPED740
Social and Educational Issues
Affecting Individuals w/ Severe
Disabilities** (3)
SPED750
Seminar in Behavior Disorders**
(3)
SPED780
Learning Disabilities** (3)
SPED794
Management of Serious
Behavior Problems in Applied
Settings**/*** (3)
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