Moderate and Severe Disabilities Certification
Certification Preparation Programs
These are programs of study which do not lead to a degree or to an EKU awarded recognition but instead prepare the student, upon recommendation from EKU, for professional certification by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board.
General Information
Candidates pursuing special education certification in Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, Learning and Behavior Disorders, and Moderate/Severe Disabilities must hold teaching certification. Additional hours may apply toward a sixth year program (Rank I). It is very important that candidates seek early advisement from the department.
The prerequisites are an undergraduate degree and Kentucky Teaching Certificate in IECE, P-5, P-12, 5-9, 5-12, or Secondary for classroom teachers.
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission into any special education nondegree graduate program (Rank II, I), a candidate must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 overall or 3.0 in the last 30 hours of course work.
Program Requirements
Candidates must also have completed the following or equivalent prerequisite course work:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisite Courses | ||
| Foundations of Reading/ Language Arts | ||
or EMG 445 | Foundation of Reading/Language Arts | |
Choose from one of the following: | ||
| Disciplinary Literacy in the Middle Grades | ||
| Read Instruction Middle School | ||
| Literacy Foundation P-5 | ||
| Mathematical Concepts for P-9 I | ||
| Mathematical Concepts for P-9 II | ||
| Mathematical Concepts for P-9 III | ||
or ELE 822 | Mathematical Foundations P-5 | |
| Required Courses | ||
| SED 774 | Field Exp with Excep Learners 1 | 3 |
| SED 819 | Mod/Sev Disabilities Intro | 3 |
| SED 821 | MSD Tech/Research-Based Strat | 3 |
| SED 823 | Mod/Sev Disab Methods | 3 |
| SED 825 | Language and Literacy of Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SED 837 | Applied Behavior Analysis for Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SED 845 | Spec Ed Transition/Collab | 3 |
| SED 897 | Practicum in Special Education | 3-6 |
| OTS 715 | Early Child Sensorimotor Devel | 3 |
| or SED 808 | Spec Ed Early Childhood Survey | |
| Total Hours | 27-30 | |
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SED 774 Field Exp with Excep Learners can be waived with one year of successful teaching of students with MSD.
Note: Completion of the above program will not suffice for completion of a Rank program. For MSD Certification, the PRAXIS test in the area of a specialty must be passed.