Special Education: Severe and Multiple Disabilities Annotation Extension - Advanced Certificate

Admission Requirements

1. A master’s degree in Special Education with a GPA of at least 3.5 in the degree that led to certification.
2. Initial, professional or permanent New York State certification in:
   • Early Childhood Special Education, Birth – Grade 2;
   • Students with Disabilities, Grades 1 – 6;
   • Students with Disabilities, Grades 7 - 12;
   • Blind and Visually Impaired;
   • Deaf and Hard of Hearing; or
   • Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities PreK-12.
3. A personal statement that will be reviewed by a member of the department.

Progress Standards

1. Minimum GPA for Retention - Graduate students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to remain at Hunter College. Students whose grades fall below this standard are required to raise their GPAs to at least 3.0 within one semester.
2. No F in the first two semesters—students who receive a grade of F or WU in any course in the first two semesters will not be allowed to continue in the program.
3. Progress holds due to Incomplete Grades - Students with two or more INCs will not be allowed to register for any courses.
4. Key Course Performance Standards

   • Students must receive a grade of at least a B in key program courses. 

   • Students who receive a grade of F or WU in key program courses may not continue in the program. 

   • Key Program Courses are identified by the label (KC) in the course title.

Course of Study - 19 cr.

Academic Plan: SPEDSMD-AC

• SPED 79000 - Foundations and Educational Implications of Severe/Multiple Disabilities (KC)
• SPED 79100 - Alternative Assessment for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Visual Impairment, Deafblindness, and Severe Disabilities (KC)  -or- SPED 78150 Reading and Writing for Students with Learning Disabilities: Methods I (for those not in LD Specialization)  
• SPED 79200 - Language Development and Alternative Communication Systems for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Severe Disabilities including Deafblindness
• SPED 79300 - Total Communication for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities
• SPED 70650 - Strategies and Curriculum Adaptations for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities  -or- SPED 78350 Math, Organizational and Social Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities (KC)  
• SPED 74600 - Educational Implications of Learners Who Are Deafblind  -or- Elective in Special Education approved by Advisor  

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  1 of the following:

   

• SPED 79550 - Student Teaching: Severe/Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness, Grades 1–3 (KC)
• SPED 79551 - Student Teaching: Severe/Multiple Disabilities Including Deafblindness, Grades 4–6 (KC)
• SPED 79552 - Supervised Practicum: Severe/Multiple Disabilities, Including Deafblindness, Grades 1–3 (KC)
• SPED 79553 - Supervised Practicum: Severe/Multiple Disabilities, Including Deafblindness, Grades 4–6 (KC)

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  Please note that previous catalogs were in error, since they did not include SPED 79550 as part of the last set of electives as required by the original program design.  This page represents the correct course of study.

   

Exit Requirements

1. An overall GPA of 3.0.
2. A grade of at least B in classes based upon fieldwork/clinical teaching.
3. Completion of the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) workshop.
4. A valid and appropriate NYS certification.