This program was intentionally designed to lead to licensure or certification in the state of Arizona. For information regarding how the curricular requirements for this degree program align to licensure or certification requirements in other states, see https://legacy.nau.edu/compliance-and-authorization/professional-licensure-by-state/.

Equal access for all students

As we move to an inclusive educational environment where all children work and learn together, our programs promote inclusive practices through our dual certification in special and elementary education.

Certification

We offer this plan to prepare you to become a certified teacher of children and youth who have disabilities, as well as those who do not. The courses included in the program of study are designed to address the Professional Standards for the Council for Exceptional Children, in addition to the Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC), adopted by the Arizona Department of Education. This plan prepares you to teach students with mild to moderate disabilities such as:

• learning disabilities
• emotional/behavioral disorders
• mild-moderate intellectual disabilities
• orthopedic and health impairments
• autism
• traumatic brain injury