Master's Program Information

Concentration in Children with Special Needs  

The M.A. concentration in Children with Special Needs prepares students for a wide range of careers serving children with special needs, including careers in special education, early intervention, pediatric psychology, and assessment of children with special needs. Through course work, internships, and research, this concentration offers students ways to become knowledgeable about programs, services, and practices designed especially for supporting the development of children with special needs. The concentration reflects the Department's commitment to improving the quality of life for children through finding better ways to integrate children with disabilities into the mainstream culture and community.

The course requirements for the M.A. concentration in Children with Special Needs are as follows:

1. Theory: Two of the following:
   • CD 211 Contemporary Perspectives in Child Development
   • CD 151 Advanced Intellectual Development
   • CD 155 The Young Child's Development of Language
   • CD 161 Advanced Personal-Social Development
   • CD 190 Special Needs
2. Research: One of the following: *(Note: All students must check with their Program Advisers to determine which of the three Research Methods courses best fits their program goals).
   • CD 142 Problems of Research: Methods and Design
   • CD 144 Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods
   • CD 247 Program Evaluation may count as a Research Methods course, if the student's interests are in social policy.
     
3. Assessment: One of the following:
   • CD 120: Evaluation of the Young Child
4. Field Experience
5. Concentration Elective
6. Two Open Electives (CD 140 Statistics required for M.A. Thesis)
7. Internship or Thesis or CD 137 (Supervised Teaching) relevant to special needs

M.A. Children with Special Needs Concentration Electives:

• CD 120 Evaluation of the Young Child
• CD 191 Developmental Psychopathology and Adaptation
• CD 192 Approaches to Problem Behaviors in Children
• CD 193 Pediatric Psychology
• CD 195 Developmental Disorders in Language and Reading
• CD 196 Curriculum for Children with Special Needs
• CD 197 Learning Disorders
• CD 291 Advanced Seminar in Clinical-Developmental Psychology

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