Early Intervention Special Education Initial License or Endorsement Program
The Early Intervention Special Education Program is designed to prepare professionals to provide services to infants, toddlers, and young children with special needs, and their families. Representative positions include teaching special education preschool classes or kindergarten; supporting children with special needs in community preschool and daycare settings; providing consultation to Head Start, Early Head Start, and preschool providers; providing consultation and support to families; working with young children and their families in their home; providing assessment and evaluation services; and providing service coordination.
For current prerequisites, for initial licenses only, please see: http://www.pdx.edu/sped/prerequisite-coursework-eise
Requirements
Courses
| ECED 571 | Play: Curriculum in Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| SpEd 507 | Seminar: Student Teaching | 1 |
| SpEd 509 | Prac I: Supervised Field Experience | 3 |
| SpEd 509 | Prac II: Supervised Field Experience | 3 |
| SpEd 410/510 | Inclusive Early Childhood Models | 3 |
| SpEd 579 | Literacy in Early Intervention/Special Education | 3 |
| SpEd 520 | Collaboration I: Families and Community - EL and EI/SE | 3 |
| SpEd 525 | Student Teaching | 6-15 |
| SpEd 580 | Introduction to Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education | 3 |
| SpEd 581 | Family Guided Early Intervention | 3 |
| SpEd 582 | Specialized Techniques: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education | 3 |
| SpEd 583 | Communication and Language Development: EI/SE (Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education) | 3 |
| SpEd 584 | Assessment: EI/SE | 3 |
| SpEd 585 | Instructional Strategies I: EI/SE | 3 |
| SpEd 586 | Instructional Strategies II: EI/SE | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 55
Adding an EI/SE endorsement to a non-provisional teaching license may vary by state but is approximately 21 credits.