Moderate to Intensive Intervention Specialist & M. Ed. (EDS) Grades K-12 - New Students
License to teach special needs students with mild to moderate disabilities. To qualify for the Moderate to Intensive Intervention Specialist Provisional Teaching License, you must have met the general education requirements.
Professional Program Credits: 65 Quarter Credits
(includes Ohio Professional License required reading core)
The Moderate to Intensive licensure area will allow you the opportunity to work with students who have challenging behavioral, emotional, physical, and adaptive learning needs. Moderate to Intensive Intervention Specialists have abundant future employment opportunities in K-12 schools, county programs, and private facilities. You will be working with disability categories such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and Multi-Handicapped. These are challenging populations to teach, but the rewards are endless.
In addition, students who complete the Moderate to Intensive Intervention Specialist program at AUM will be able to add their Mild to Moderate Intervention Specialist License (K-12) with just three additional courses if interested
Moderate to Intensive Specialist (EDS) K-12- Returning Students
Because you've enrolled in our EDS program, you can earn a second license for teaching students with moderate to intensive disabilities. This 13.5 quarter credit hour program prepares you to work with students who have a wide range of disabilities and/or needs in public, community, or private schools in Ohio (grades K-12).
Students are able to obtain this second license after taking only three additional courses. There is not an additional Praxis test and you are not required to do a second student teaching placement.
This license, when added to the Mild/Moderate license, will make you very marketable when seeking employment, as you will be licensed to teach students at any grade level in specific special education classrooms (e.g., LD, DH, MD, MH, EBD, etc.) as well as in cross-categorical settings.
Moderate to Intensive License Courses -Returning EDS Alumni - 3 classes – 13.5 credits
These courses will be offered at least twice a year. One MI course will be offered each quarter. All three courses will be offered every summer.
EDS561 – Alternative Assessment for Students with Moderate to Intensive Needs – 4.5 credits
The purpose of this class is to develop an understanding of how assessment and evaluation guide the development and implementation of instruction for students with moderate to intensive needs. This course will emphasize the following areas: screening and evaluation techniques; analysis and use of assessment and evaluation in identification and teaching; collaborative development of academic, social, behavioral, vocational, and other goals as appropriate for students with intensive needs; creating behavioral intervention plans; and understanding and applying appropriate terminology for formal and informal assessment practices. In addition, candidates will investigate how to conduct alternative assessments and functional behavior assessments.
EDS562 – Instructional Methods for Students with Moderate to Intensive Needs – 4.5 credits
Candidates will learn how to develop skills in individualizing instruction for individuals with moderate to intensive special needs from ages 2.5 to 22. Topics will include life-skills curriculum, instructional material selection, how to make instructional decisions based on best practice methods identified in current research, and promoting positive results in the special education curricula. Candidates will investigate programmed curricula designed for students with intensive needs and assistive technologies that can assist in increasing student achievement. In addition, candidates will explore opportunities to instruct in vocational settings and in the community to increase functional, life-skills for their students with specialized needs. Candidates will demonstrate how to use reflective practice to study the art and science of their own teaching experiences. Additional topics will include the role of state, local, and federal agencies on curriculum and instructional issues, including state-wide assessments (testing, HQT, NCLB).
EDS563 – Behavior Management for Students with Moderate to Intensive Needs – 4.5 credits
The course will examine the different views of learning, including information processing, behaviorism, multiple intelligences and social learning theories, as they pertain to student with moderate to intensive learning needs. Candidates will investigate and demonstrate an understanding of the unique characteristics of the classroom environment for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Candidates will investigate the behavioral challenges that can occur with students who exhibit intensive behaviors, including insubordination, physical aggression, self-injurious behavior, off-task behaviors, tantrums, and echolalia. Other topics will include how to teach social, problem solving, and self-advocacy skills, and how to manage instructional aides and para-professionals in the moderate to intensive classroom.
