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Special Education

Program Information

 

Intense Intervention Licensure Program between  IPFW and  IUSB Special Education Programs

 

Beginning fall 2008, a collaborative Graduate Intense Intervention Licensure Program will be offered by the School of Education at IPFW and Indiana University South Bend. This Intense Intervention Licensure program will be held on the IPFW campus via 2-way interactive broadcast.

The IUSB/IPFW program will meet the education requirements for initial licensure in Intense Intervention and will allow a student to apply for the State of Indiana License to teach students in the moderate and severe categories of Special Education. 

The program is a 12 credit hour program and the student will be able to complete it in 1 year (fall, spring, summer).

However, depending on previous coursework some students may need to take additional coursework in special education. A transcript will be needed from each student to determine the exact number of courses required.

The first class will be fall 2008 on Tuesdays at 5:30 pm- 9 pm in Kettler room 147, IPFW campus.

Course sequence: 

  • K531: Teaching the Severely Handicapped I (fall 2008)
    This course is the first course in the sequence of courses for teaching severely handicapped individuals. Its content focuses on the analysis of instructional methodology, the use of physical aids, and methods for providing instructional assistance.
  • K532: Teaching the Severely Handicapped II (spring 2009)
    This course focuses on analysis of the curriculum for severely handicapped individuals from birth through adulthood.
  • K534: Behavior Management of the Severely Handicapped (summer 2009)
    This course focuses on planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions that are designed to change the incentive for performing task. Considerations of the physical, environmental, and instructional aspects of performance are made with respect to both the acquisition and maintenance of responses.   
  • K588/K595: Supervised Teaching in Special Education  (1 credit-hour taken with each of the other courses)
    Provides the experienced classroom teacher with an opportunity to teach in a special class under the supervision of a licensed special education classroom teacher and a university special education supervisor.

For information about the program please contact Jane Leatherman, Program Director, email, leatherj@ipfw.edu or 481-5742. 

 

 

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