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Level I: Specialist Credential Program – Early Childhood Special Education (No other Educational Specialist Credential held)

Prerequisites

  • 30 hours documented field experience with young children (birth-five years);

  • Coursework in child development or related field approved by ECSE Coordinator;

  • CHDV 30 Human Development or equivalent (may be concurrent);

  • CBEST (may be concurrent); and

  • US Constitution (may be concurrent).

Please Note: You MUST meet with your assigned Advisor to develop an official Advisement Form.

Sequence I

Course Number Title Units + Lab
EDS 119 Legal and Social Foundations of Inclusive Education 3
EDS 130 A/B Typical and Atypical Development Characteristics and Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities
+ Lab/Field Experience Section		 2 +1
EDS 131 A/B Introduction to Family Centered Service Delivery in ECSE + Lab/Field Experience Section 2 + 1
EDS 210 A/B Assessment and Evaluation in ECSE
+ Lab/Field Experience Section		 2 + 1
EDS 215 A/B School and Community: Systems of Service
+ Lab/Field Experience Section		 2 + 1
EDS 220 Language and Literacy: Part I 3
    14 Lecture Course Units;
4 Community-Based Units
    18 total units

 

Sequence II

Course Number Title Units + Lab
EDS 211 A/B Curriculum, Intervention Strategies and Environments in ECSE: Infants
+ Lab/Field Experience Section
 2 + 1
EDS 212 A/B Curriculum, Intervention Strategies and Environments in ECSE Pre-school
+ Lab/Field Experience Section		 2 +1
EDS 216 A/B Movement, Mobility, Sensory, and Specialized Helath Care
+ Lab 		2 + 1
EDS 234 Directed Field Experience/Internship Seminar. Must be taken with any Directed Field Experiences (DFE) [only once if DFE is done in the same semester]. 1
EDS 474 Directed Field Experience: Infants with Special Educational Needs (with EDS 475 or EDS 477) 5 (lab)
AND    
EDS 475 Directed Field Experience: Preschoolers with Special Educational Needs (with EDS 474 or EDS 476) 5 (lab)
    21 - 22 total units;
7 Community-based lab units;
10 total directed field experience/ intern units
    38-39 total units

 

PLEASE NOTE: To complete a Clear Credential, CCTC also requires a Health and Technology experience prior to completing Level 2. Sac State offers HLSC 136 School Health Education and EDS 291A/B Technology in Special Education to fulfill these requirements. They may be completed during Level 1 or Level 2 coursework. Check with your Advisor per the scheduling of these courses in your program studies.