Bachelor of Arts in Education - Early Childhood Special Education

Western Washington University - International Study Center (StudyGroup)

This plan of study is designed to prepare personnel to work with children from birth through eight years who have been identified as at-risk for developmental delay and disability and with their families. The major combines studies in Early Childhood and Special Education.Students in this major typically seek employment as a paraeducator, in private child development centers or other governmental agencies they do not qualify for a teaching certificate.This non-teaching endorsement program offered through the Department of Education Leadership and Inclusive Teaching was designed to prepare graduates to work with families and children with disabilities or at-risk in a variety of non-school based settings/programs. This rigorous major combines content in Special Education with that in Early Childhood. Throughout the program, students develop skills that enable them to synthesize knowledge of development, assessment, evidence-based intervention, family systems, and the legal/social/political context in which they work with the goal of supporting children and families.