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Special Education
Special Education Certificate -Teaching Students with Autism (15 credits)
This certificate is designed to provide educational professionals with the specialized knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions needed to meet the needs of students with Autism in K-12 educational settings. The curricula are based upon the standards of the Council for Exceptional Children and research based best practices for the instruction of students with Autism. The courses in the program can be applied as electives in the MEd in Special Education program.
There are no pre-requisites for entry into the program, other than eligibility for a graduate program at Mason. Although the certificate focuses on educating students with Autism, it is not restricted to students with teaching experience. Certificate does not meet teacher licensure.
There are no pre-requisites in the coursework, but students are encouraged to complete EDSE 634 and EDSE 635 at the start of their program.
- EDSE 534: Communication and Severe Disabilities (3 credit hours) (Offered in fall)
- EDSE 620: Managing Severely Challenging Behaviors and Applied Behavior Analysis (3 credit hours) (Offered in spring)
- EDSE 634: Characteristics of Students with Autism (3 credit hours) (Offered in fall and spring)
- EDSE 635: Interventions for Students with Autism (3 credit hours) (Offered in spring and summer)
- EDSE 665: Collaboration with Families of Children with Special Needs (3 credit hours) (Offered in summer)
Tuition Assistance and Grant Funding,
Cohort program: The Special Education program works collaboratively with a number of Northern Virginia school divisions to offer special education certificates and degree programs to school employees using a cohort model. This model provides convenience to the students and forms a better link between academia and school realities. Additional benefits of the cohort model include tuition discounts, classes located in the students’ school divisions and course scheduling in alignment with school division calendars.
Graduate Research Assistantships: Part time positions are available for students interested in providing research support to faculty.
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