Disabilities Services Curriculum

In order to earn a credential, certificate or become a licensed trainer, students must complete the required courses, a portfolio and a prior learning assessment must be submitted to the University for review.

These courses prepares students to:

Describe the importance of building relationships with children, families, and colleagues Describe the relationship between children's social emotional development and challenging behaviors Describe how challenging behavior serves a function for children Describe the relationship between environmental variables, children's challenging behaviors and social emotional development Identify strategies that can be used to (1) build positive relationships with children, families and colleagues; (2) design environments, schedules and routines; (3) structure transitions; (4) help children learn rules and routines; and (5) plan activities that promote engagement Discuss why it is important to be more intentional about teaching social emotional skills Identify strategies for supporting the development of friendship skills Determine emotional literacy and identify activities that build "feeling vocabularies" Understand the importance of providing opportunities for children to begin to understand their own, as well as others' emotions Understand why children need to learn to control anger and handle disappointment and will be able to identify strategies to teach anger management skills Understand the importance of teaching problem solving and will be able to identify problem solving steps Understand the difference between PBS and traditional discipline approaches Define forms and functions of communication and identify the behavioral mechanisms that contribute to viewing challenging behavior as communicative

Requirements of program:

For a credential, a student must complete 3 credit hours of training;

For a certificate, a student must complete 15 credit hours of training

To become a licensed trainer, a student must complete 18 credit hours of training;

All students must also:

Complete 120 clock hours of fieldwork in the disabilities service area

Complete online examination and documentation process

Complete a Prior Learning Assessment portfolio packet

Complete the award review process

Admission Criteria

Candidates for admission to the credential program must be employed in a Head Start program (Working 20 hours or more) and possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) diploma. Candidates must complete an application for admission and an eligibility assessment form and register for a 3 day credential event or a 6 week online credential event.

Application Deadline

 

The deadline for 2013 Fall #1 session is September 30, 2013.  Classes begins on October 21. The next session starts 6 weeks after that date.

 

 

Courses Available

Course #	Description	Credits
1242	Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments	3
1243	Individualized Intensive Intervention	3
1241	Defining and Identifying Challenging Behaviors	3
1244	Leadership Strategies for Supporting Development	3
1013	Managing Disabilities Services	3
1014	Disabilities Services - Train the Trainer	3

 

 

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