Catalog Year:
2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, 2025 - 2026
The Inclusion and Special Needs Certificate of Achievement prepares students to work in the field of special education. Students will learn and apply developmentally appropriate practices that support cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth in children with special needs. Students will gain skills (including cultural competence) to work effectively with children with special needs and their families. Students will learn to collaborate with professionals in the child development and special education fields. Students will become familiar with the legal requirements and laws regarding children with special needs.
Career Opportunities
Inclusion Preschool Teacher,
Behavior Interventionist,
Early Interventionist
Units: 13.0
CDFS 201
CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
3.0
CDFS 215
CHILDREN IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY
3.0
CDFS 235
UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIORS THAT CHALLENGE
1.0
CDFS 236
INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
3.0
CDFS 237
CURRICULUM AND STRATEGIES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
3.0
Total: 13.0
Program Outcomes
Outcome
Apply human development theory to the early learning classroom and recognize the multiple interacting influences on a child’s development.
Assessment
Exams and assignments in the five Early Childhood Education courses (201, 215, 235, 236, and 237).
Outcome
Design appropriate learning environments to support the inclusion of children with special needs, while recognizing and valuing the diverse backgrounds of the families they serve.
Assessment
Exams and assignments in the five Early Childhood Education courses (201, 215, 235, 236, and 237).
Outcome
Identify federal, state, and local regulations that impact and protect children with special needs and their families.
Assessment
Exams and assignments in the five Early Childhood Education courses (201, 215, 235, 236, and 237).
Outcome
Recognize typical and atypical development, and identify typical developmental milestones, in all developmental domains.
Assessment
Exams and assignments in the five Early Childhood Education courses (201, 215, 235, 236, and 237).