Educational Diagnostician M.Ed.

Major in Educational Diagnostician (36 SCH)

(Major Code: 5460)

Admission Requirements

A candidate must:

Complete a formal application and mandatory interview;
Meet University Graduate School admission requirements;
Have a 2.75 undergraduate grade point average;
Hold a valid teaching certificate; and
Secure an educational diagnostician mentor prior to enrolling in assessment courses.
Deadlines for Admission are: August 1 (fall); December 1 (spring); and May 1 (summer).

Leveling Courses

Graduate candidates who do not have a special education background at the undergraduate or graduate level or whose special education course work was not completed within 6 years of admission to the educational diagnostician program are required to take 3 semester hours from the following leveling courses in addition to 36 semester hours of required educational diagnostician courses to fulfill course work requirements of the M.Ed. in Educational Diagnostician:

EPSY 3350 Children with Special Needs 3
EDSP 4351 Exceptionality in Children 3
EPSY 6350 Exceptional Children in the Mainstream of Society 3

Required Education Graduate Core Courses (9 hours)

Completion 36 semester hours: plus leveling courses if applicable

Required Diagnostician Courses (27 hours):

EPSY 6322 - Individual Mental Testing I 3
EPSY 6374 - Individual Mental Testing II 3
EDSP 6352 - Instructional Programming for Students with Intellectual Disabilities 3
EDSP 6354 - Theories of Learning Disabilities and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders 3
EDSP 6356 - Advanced Remediation Techniques 3
EDSP 6358 - Seminar in Students with Multiple Impairments 3
EDSP 6359 - Management of Classroom Behaviors-Exceptional Learners 3
EDSP 6364 - Legal Issues in Special Education 3
EDSP 6377 - Practicum in Diagnosis of Exceptional Students 3 (Must have completed all course work prior to enrolling in the Practicum course. The Practicum course cannot be taken concurrently with another course. The practicum is required for Texas certification and must be completed in a school accredited or approved by the Texas Education Agency and approved by WTAMU.)

Note:

The following assessment courses must be taken at West Texas A&M University; assessment course work from other universities will not be accepted. Experience in the field of Special Education will not be considered in lieu of course work.

Note:

Candidates seeking the M.Ed. with or without certification as well as those seeking certification only are required to pass a comprehensive exam during the last semester of course work. Also, two years of teaching experience as a classroom teacher and successful completion of the educational diagnostician certification exam are also required for certification. A practicum is required for Texas certification and must be completed in a school accredited or approved by the Texas Education Agency and approved by WTAMU; the candidate is responsible for securing a practicum site and obtaining approval from the program director.

Program Fee: A candidate who is hired by a school district and requests recommendation for internship on a probationary certificate will be assessed an annual fee of $300 plus mileage (i.e., the total miles a supervisor must travel to supervise interns) to offset the expense of supervision required by the Texas Administrative Code.