SPED-58400 Clinical Practice & Seminar: Special Education

This course is a full semester supervised clinical experience in a special education setting. This course is designed for candidates seeking Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist 1 (LBS1) licensure with total involvement in the participating school system. This experience includes observation, planning, and supervised clinical practice of students with exceptionalities in schools, institutions, or other facilities under the direct guidance of an appropriately licensed professional. For fall student teaching, all tests must be completed by May 1 of the prior semester. For spring student teaching, all licensure tests must be completed by October 1 of the prior semester.

See course schedule book for associated fees.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

3.0 GPA; Admission to Clinical Practice; all required content, methods and field experience coursework completed; and passing score on required state tests

Notes

Clinical practice may be repeated only once for credit with the consent of the College of Education and the Teacher Education Committees.