- Alyssa King ’13
- Hometown: Twinsburg, OH
- Major: Intervention specialist
I was shy. My mom thought the First Year Experience (FYE) program would help me break out of my shell and make my transition to college easier.
Intervention Specialist Major and Minor Requirements
Requirements for the Major in Intervention Specialist
The requirements listed below reflect Mount Union’s new curriculum for the 2012-2013 Academic Year. For information regarding major or minor requirements for current students, please refer to the University Catalogue of your entering year.
Required Courses
- Introduction to Teaching Professions-Early Childhood and Intervention Specialist
- Development and Characteristics of Typical and Atypical Learners
- Intervention Specialist Curriculum and Instruction
- Intervention Specialist Methods
- Applied Behavioral Analysis for Teachers
- Intervention Spec Preclinical Practice: Professionalism, Practices, Research, and Collaboration Practices
- Intervention Specialist Assessment and Literacy Practices*
- Early Childhood Mathematics Practices and Curriculum
- Early Childhood Language Arts Practices and Curriculum*
*12 hour reading requirement through Ohio Department of Education
Additional coursework is necessary for licensure.
Requirements for the Minor in Intervention Specialist
Required Courses
- Introduction to Teaching Professions-Early Childhood and Intervention Specialist
- Development and Characteristics of Typical and Atypical Learners
- Intervention Specialist Curriculum and Instruction
- Early Childhood Mathematics Practices and Curriculum
- Early Childhood Language Arts Practices and Curriculum