Program Overview

Program Overview

The university offers a range of programs and courses, including certificates and specializations. One of the courses available is the Inclusion of Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings.

Course Details

Course Description

This online course is designed for early childhood professionals to create inclusive learning environments for young children with special needs and to comply with legislative requirements of ADA and IDEA.

Course Objectives

• Recognize when a young child requires professional intervention
  • Learn what public resources are available to support the child
• Understand ADA and IDEA compliance requirements in caring for and educating young children with special needs
• Prepare yourself to communicate effectively with families about developmental delays

Course Format

• Duration: As few as 6 weeks
• Units: 3.0
• Current Formats: Online
• Cost: Starting at $396.00

About the Course

For early childhood professionals, this course is designed to assist teachers, caregivers, and directors in better understanding and implementing procedures and policies for inclusion of young children with special needs into typical child care, preschool, and kindergarten programs in compliance with Title III of the ADA and Sections B and H of the IDEA.

Course Requirements

• Strategies for Including Children with Special Needs in Early Childhood Settings by Ruth Cook, Ph.D., Anne Marie Richardson-Gibbs, M.A., Laurie Nielsen Dotson, M.A.
• Internet access required
• Materials required

Program Applications

This course applies toward the following programs:

Early Childhood Education - Lead Teacher Advanced Courses

• Certificate: Gain the essential knowledge needed to become a Lead Teacher or Master Teacher in a preschool or child-care setting, for children ages birth to five.
• This online certificate, when combined with our ECE Associate Teacher certificate, meets the 24 ECE/CD semester units needed for advanced Child Development teaching permits and Transitional Kindergarten ECE units.

Early Childhood Education Administration

• Certificate: Learn the skills needed to take on Site Supervisor or Director roles in education programs serving children from birth to age five.