Online Early Childhood Education Associate’s Degree Special Needs Specialization
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Make a positive difference with an Early Childhood Education degree
All children enter the early childhood classroom with a variety of needs and abilities, and children with special needs may need alternative ways to develop and learn new things. With an Early Childhood Education degree, you will learn how to develop inclusive classrooms where groups of children with special needs, as well as, typically developing children can learn within the same classroom. Young children with special needs can have more opportunities for success in the classroom when supported by an informed early childhood teacher with the proper special needs teacher training.
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What will you learn in the Early Childhood Education program?
The special needs courses will prepare you to work with students who have faced numerous obstacles throughout their life already. Your instructors will teach you different ways to teach students who have learning disabilities. Your patience may be tested, but the reward of teaching and helping students learn new things will be satisfying.
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Careers
Rasmussen College graduates have been placed in careers that are in-demand and are expected to have continued growth. Your education as an early childhood educator with a specialization in special education will help you find a job working with children that have disabilities. You will be called upon to find methods of teaching that work for every student.
Here’s a snapshot of the career:
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school: growth +20%, entry salary $40,480*
The Rasmussen College Career Services staff starts helping you even before you graduate – with your resume, cover letter, interviewing techniques and how to search for a great career. And it doesn’t end there – these services are available for life.
*Career outlook and salary information (25 th percentile) taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition. http://www.bls.gov/oco.
Why Early Childhood Education?
At one point in time, children with special needs were not given the same priviledges of an education as other children. Now, we give the rights of an education to all people no matter the obstacles they’ve had to overcome in life. Your work will help build the character and confidence of a child with special needs. You could become a very important part of the educational system and help children’s education progress.
Early childhood education is a growing field, and at Rasmussen College we will help get you into that field as soon as possible. Our Career Services staff works hard to get our graduates employed and 100% of Rasmussen College Early Childhood Education graduates have been employed in their field of study.**
Are you ready to learn more? We’ve spent more than a century at Rasmussen College preparing people for success. If you would like to know more about our school, what we offer our students or anything else, please fill out a contact request or call us at (888) 549-6755. One of our Admissions Representatives can answer any questions you have.
**100 percent of all graduates between July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008 began working in the field through our own Campus Placement Assistance, current employment, or the students own employment search.
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