2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 15, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SPED 641 - Advanced Internship in Special Education (Mentally Disabled; Behaviorally-Emotionally Disabled; Specific Learning Disabled)


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 3

This course provides an intensive supervised field experience. It is designed to be the most appropriate for the student’s qualifications, experience and future educational goals. Requires a minimum of 150 hours per semester. This is a practical application of the knowledge base of the educational professional as a facilitator of learning. Depending upon the student’s qualifications, skill and experience, the intern will be supervised in one of two (2) of the following options: (1) in-service or classroom internship; or (2) special placement internship. The in service classroom internship option is primarily for currently employed teachers who were in regular or special classroom settings and serve the populations for which they are seeking licensure. The special placement internship option is an advanced field teaching arrangement. The student will provide direct service to MD or BED or SLD students. Students will receive on site supervision from both master teacher/site supervisor and a university instructor. (Offered for variable credits, with a maximum of nine (9) credit hours applicable to a graduate degree.)