Certificate in Collaborative Special Education Law and Process
Certificate Level: Graduate
Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 12.0
Instructional Delivery: Online, Campus
Calendar Type: Quarter
Expected Time to Completion: 1 year
Financial Aid Eligibility: Not aid eligible
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 13.0402
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9039
About the Program
The Collaborative Special Education Law and Process Certificate prepares individuals to meet the unique learning needs of students with disabilities through legally mandated school, home, and community collaboration. Meeting the needs of children with disabilities through school-parent-community collaboration is the goal of educational policy in the United States.
The program goal is to develop highly qualified special education teachers and administrators, while offering special education collaborative knowledge and practical skills training to parents and advocates, whose cooperative partnership is imperative to support all students as incorporated and mandated in ESSA and the IDEA 2004.
Achieving the program goal and objectives requires collaborative educators, advocates, and service providers committed to meeting the learning needs of all students with disabilities. The Collaborative Special Education Law and Process Certificate will benefit participants by providing them with the specialized training necessary to be collaborative partners in the complex process of implementing federal and state mandates to appropriately educate students with disabilities.
Admission Requirements
Applicants for the program follow the University standards for admissions to graduate study—i.e., possess an earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and an earned undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (graduate degree GPA, if applicable, will be considered along with undergraduate GPA). In addition, the candidate will submit for consideration a completed graduate school application with official transcripts from all colleges or universities attended, two letters of recommendation, and a personal essay.
Program Requirements - There are no prerequisites for the Certificate courses.
| EDEX 600 | Family, School and Community Engagement in Special Education | 3.0 |
| EDEX 601 | Special Education Advocacy | 3.0 |
| EDEX 602 | Special Education Dispute Resolution and Skills Training | 3.0 |
| EDEX 710 | School Law & Policy in Special Education | 3.0 |
| Total Credits | 12.0 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Credits | Term 2 | Credits | Term 3 | Credits |
| EDEX 600 | 3.0 | EDEX 601 | 3.0 | EDEX 602 | 3.0 |
| EDEX 710 | 3.0 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Total Credits 12 | |||||
Additional Information
For more information about this program, please visit the School of Education's website.
