Strategies for Student Success
Become fully prepared to educate students with moderate disabilities in the least restrictive educational environments. Investigate issues in special education and special education law, and learn nondiscriminatory assessment, access to the curriculum, use of new technologies, and collaboration with families and others.
Key program information for the M.Ed. in Moderate Disabilities 5-12 leading to Initial license:
- Program consists of 36 credits (11 courses, including a 6-credit practicum)
- Classes at Lesley’s Cambridge, MA, campus or at selected off-campus sites
- Program meets new state regulations requiring all teachers receiving special education licensure to have training in Assistive Technology (AT) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Program approved by MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
SAMPLE PROGRAM COURSE
ESPED 6105 Instructional Accommodations in Math and Science(5–12)
This course focuses on developing specially designed curricula and teaching strategies in math, science, and technology for diverse learners at the middle and high school levels. Focus will be on cultivation of mathematical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students will work with Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, as well as a variety of materials and instructional technologies, to support learning in math and science for students with moderate disabilities.