Learning Behavior Specialist I

Concentration Requirements

Required Courses - 12 SH

SPE 500	Introduction to and Methods of Teaching Students with Disabilities	3
SPE 501	Educational and Diagnostic Assessment of Exceptional Children and Adolescents	3
SPE 506	Frameworks, Perspectives, and Collaboration in Special Education	3
SPE 527	Differentiated and Individualized Curriculum and Instruction	3

Note: This coursework, along with the fulfillment of other requirements, can be applied to the State of Illinois endorsement in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education. Visit the Illinois State Board of Education for more details.

Candidates who have taken SPE 500 or its equivalent since 2004 may have the course waived per Special Education faculty. Candidates with SPE 500 course waiver will need to complete another 3 SH graduate course as a substitution for degree hours.