Special Education - Murray State University

Special Education from Murray State University is a Campus Bachelor Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. Working as a special education teacher can make a powerful impact in the education of a special needs child. Special education teachers may work one-on-one with students with learning disabilities or teach a classroom of students with intellectual disabilities or developmental delays. As a special education teacher, you may work with students with specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, or a multitude of other health or mental impairments. Career Outlook: The number of special education teachers is expected to increase by 17 percent from 2008 to 2018, which is faster than the average for all occupations. Although student enrollments in general are expected to grow more slowly than in the past, continued increases in the number of special education students needing services will generate a greater need for special education teachers. Undergraduate Learning and Behavior Disorders Program The Special Education Learning and Behavior Disorders Program (LBD) is a Bachelor of Science degree program in Adolescent, Career, and Special Education Department. The program offers dual certification in special education/elementary education and special education/middle school. This program will prepare you to become a certified special education teacher in primary through grade 12, certified in elementary education primary through grade 5, or certified in middle school education grades 5-9. As a special education teacher, you work with students identified as having a learning disability, mild mental retardation, or behavior disorder. The Special Education Learning and Behavior Disorders 2 +2 Program is also offered program located at two Murray State University regional sites ? Madisonville and Paducah. The program offers dual certification in special education/elementary education. This program prepares you to become a certified special education teacher in primary through grade 5. The program consists of approximately 130 hours, including University Studies, professional education courses, and special education courses. You will be introduced to a wide range of theoretical systems and education systems in their course work and are able to apply this knowledge to real students in real classrooms. Observations, assisting classroom teachers, and teaching experiences in public schools are incorporated into university classes. The culminating experience is a semester-long student teaching experience in two classroom settings in a public school. View more details on Murray State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.