Intervention Specialist - Moderate/Intensive

About

This program prepares teachers who already hold a valid Ohio teaching license to obtain a second Ohio license as an Intervention Specialist for students K-12 in Ohio’s schools who require Moderate-Intensive degrees of educational intervention to be successful in school.

Most classes are offered in the evenings on three campuses – Main, Columbus, and Elyria – so as to be convenient to the working graduate student. This program can be taken to obtain licensure as an ISMI alone or as a major with a graduate core of courses that lead to a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree.

Graduate students training to provide moderate to intensive levels of educational intervention are prepared to be inclusive educators in K-12 settings.

What You'll Learn

Skills in assessing learner needs, communicating with families, working collaboratively with educational professionals and other service providers, managing time and schedules for individual student needs, addressing and planning for transition from school to the community and documenting service provision and student progress are major parts of a graduate curriculum in this licensure program.

Training in directing and supervising Instructional Assistants and Personal Attendants, working collaboratively to provide supports for mobility, upper extremity use, reliable receptive and expressive communication, and appropriate public behavior are central to the curriculum in this licensure area.

Academic and technical skills required include knowledge of the Ohio Academic Content K-12 in Mathematics, Literacy, Science, and Social Studies. Extensive training in Assistive Technology and the Public Law with respect to the provision of education to students with disabilities round out the curriculum that must be mastered by candidates for this license.