Special Education/Students with Disabilities Childhood 1-6

The College of Staten Island offers an advanced certificate in Special Education Childhood to provide an appropriate set of academic and clinical experiences for teachers preparing to work with special needs children.   

The certificate consist of a sequence of four courses needed in the four areas (Foundations, Classroom Management, Assessment, and Pedagogy) required by the New York State Education Department, as well as two Practicum Mentorships in which teachers will be given an extensive opportunity to apply the principles of special education they learned in the courses into the school classroom.