Bachelor of Arts in Special Education - Exceptional Needs (Intense Interventions)

Ball State University

Ball State’s bachelor’s degree in Exceptional Needs: Intense Intervention is a K-12 licensure program that prepares you to teach students with intense intervention needs who require intensive, systematic, data-based instruction to meet their academic and behavioral goals. This population of students have a variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities (e.g., intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder), physical and health disabilities (e.g. orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, traumatic brain injury), or multiple disabilities. This comprehensive program includes coursework in mild intervention at the elementary level with the option to extend your mild license to K-12 with the addition of two classes (SPCE 475 & SPCE 476). Our Council for Exceptional Children accredited program includes coursework specific to working with students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and students with physical, health, and multiple exceptionalities. In addition, this program includes two semesters of mentored practicum experience in intense intervention and one semester of practicum experience in mild intervention resulting in 252 hours of mentored field experience prior to student teaching. Your coursework will culminate in a 16-week student teaching experience divided evenly between an intense intervention setting and a mild intervention setting during your final semester in the program. You will graduate with eligibility for two Indiana-recognized licenses for Exceptional Needs: Intensive Intervention K-12 and Mild Intervention K-6.