Coordinator: Angela O'Donnell (848-932-0830; email: angela.odonnell@gse.rutgers.edu)
Program Description: This 36-credit program prepares teachers to serve as Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultants (LDT-C) in the public school systems (K-12). The LDT-C works as an assessment specialist and a member of the Public Personnel Services team. Applicants are required to have a New Jersey standard instructional certificate and three years of full-time classroom teaching experience. The program includes instruction in the assessment of academic achievement of students referred for learning disabilities evaluation. Participants will also be prepared to interpret patterns found in testing, to devise informal measures to pinpoint cognitive difficulties and to design interventions to help students compensate for academic and behavioral deficiencies.
Education Requirements:
Special Education Core (18 credits)
15:293:522 Learning Disabilities (3)
15:293:525 Psychology of the Exceptional Child (3)
15:293:526 Identification and Assessment of Learning Disabilities (3)
15:293:527 Remediation of Learning Disabilities (3)
15:293:636 Practicum in Special Education (3)
Select one course from the following (3 credits)
15:293:521 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (3)
15:293:630 Current Topics in Special Education (3)
Educational Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation Core (6 credits)
15:291:515 Psychometric Theory I (3)
15:291:531 Statistical Methods I (3)
Learning, Cognition, and Development (6 credits)
15:290:583 Biological Bases of Behavior (3)
15:295:580 Psychology of Learning (3)
Electives (6 credits outside of the special education program)
Master of Education (Ed.M.) Programs with State Certification 
