General and Program Specific Requirements for Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities Annotations
24.听Annotations听to recognize additional pedagogical knowledge, skills, and experiences听for Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities听for certificates for teaching students with disabilities in early childhood, or childhood, or middle childhood, or adolescence; students who are blind or visually impaired; students who are deaf or hard of hearing; and students with speech and language disabilities
General requirements:听N/A
Program-Specific Requirements
Coursework
The program shall include the following:
- characteristics听of learners with severe or multiple disabilities;
- development听of collaborative partnerships for the benefit of students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation of students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- curriculum听development and varied methods of instructing students with severe or multiple disabilities;
- assistive听and instructional technology in the teaching and learning of students with severe or multiple disabilities; and
- planning听and managing learning environments for individuals with severe or multiple disabilities, including post-school expectations, opportunities, and planning.
Field Experiences: college-supervised field experiences of at least 50 clock hours teaching students with severe or multiple disabilities.

