Minnesota State University, Mankato
Professional Education Unit
INITIAL LICENSURE PROGRAM UNDER the LICENSURE RULES (LAWS OF MINNESOTA; 1993, CHAPTER 224, ARICLE 12,
SECTION 34)
College: Education
Department: Educational Studies: Special Education
Submission Date to BOT: July 1, 2000
Studies Program: Special Education – Core Skills
Degree: GC or MS
Licensure Standards: Minnesota Board of Teaching
Standards Date: March 1, 1999
Program Contact Person(s): Dr. Andrew Johnson
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
A. A teacher of special education
understands the role of special
education as one part of a single
educational delivery system. The
teacher must understand:
(1) historical and philosophical
foundations, legal bases, and
contemporary issues pertaining to the
education of people with disabilities;
(2) roles and organizational structures
of general and special education and the
part they play in providing total
services to all students;
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
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ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
(3) classification of disabilities, their
characteristics, and continuum of
severity, and their educational
implications;
(4) similarities and differences among
the cognitive, physical, cultural, social,
emotional, and communication needs of
typical and exceptional individuals;
(5) stereotyped attitudes toward people
with disabilities and how these attitudes
can positively or negatively impact
student behavior; and
(6) the complexity of coexisting
disabilities and the implications of this
complexity for treatment and education
of children.
B. A teacher of special education
understands and applies referral,
assessment, team planning, and
placement procedures. The teacher
must understand:
(1) rights and responsibilities of
parents, students, teachers, and schools
as these rights and responsibility relate
to students with disabilities receiving a
free appropriate public education;
(2) due process and data privacy
requirements and how to provide
procedural safeguards;
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
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Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
(3) requirements and procedures of
pre-referral interventions;
(4) components of a comprehensive,
unbiased assessment;
(5) use, limitations, ethical concerns,
and administration of a formal and
informal assessments and how to
effectively communicate the results to
the students, families, teachers, and
other professionals;
(6) effects of various medications on
the educational, cognitive, physical,
social, and emotional behavior of
individuals with disabilities;
(7) procedures to address a student’s
mental health needs;
(8) influence of cultural and linguistic
diversity on assessment, eligibility,
programming, and placement;
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
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Practice in Applying the Standard
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
(9) direct relationship between
assessment findings and individual
educational program planning;
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Problems I & II
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
(10) full array of available service
options; and
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
(11) how to establish case records
including how to write technically
adequate individual education program
plans, transition plans, and assessment
team summary reports.
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
4
Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Problems I & II
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
Problems I & II
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
C. A teacher of special education
understands how to use
individualized educational program
plans to design and implement
developmentally appropriate
instruction and how to evaluate the
program’s effectiveness. The teacher
must understand how to:
(1) adapt and modify curriculum and
instruction to meet individual learner
needs;
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(2) apply remedial methods, strategies,
and accommodations including
assistive technologies to meet
individual learner needs;
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(3) conduct and use task analysis to
appropriately sequence instruction;
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
(4) use crisis prevention and
intervention strategies;
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
5
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 448: Behavior Management
Course Numbers and Titles
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(6) teach in a variety of environments;
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(7) team teach in the general education
environment and help general education
teachers and other special education
teachers serving students in prekindergarten through grade 12 adapt
and modify curriculum and instruction
to accommodate student needs; and
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(8) apply systematic procedures for
compiling data on a student or a group
of students for the purpose of
continuous program evaluation and
improvement.
ESSP 548: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 548: Behavior Management
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
(5) apply behavioral theory and ethics
in developing and implementing
classroom behavior management plans;
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Practice in Applying the Standard
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
D. A teacher of special education
establishes and maintains positive,
collaborative relationships with
families and other professionals to
support the student’s development,
learning, and well-being. The
teacher must understand:
(1) the life-long impacts of disabilities
on students and their families;
(2) family systems theory and
knowledge of the dynamics, roles, and
relationships within families and
communities to planning and
implementing services;
(3) the role of parents and caregivers
as primary informal teachers of their
children;
(4) how to assist families to identify
their resources, priorities, and concerns
in relation to their children’s
development;
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 405: Individuals with Special
Needs
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with Special
Needs
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 405: Individuals with
Exceptional Needs
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
(5) how to work collaboratively with
family members in designing,
implementing, and evaluating
individual educational program plans;
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
(6) small group processes and their
application to facilitating child study
teams, individual educational program
planning teams, and transition planning
teams;
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
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Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: EBD
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 656: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 645: Formal/Informal Clinical
Procedures
ESSP 656/657: Behavior Disorders:
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
Licensure Rule 8710.5000 Standards
(7) structures supporting interagency
collaboration, including interagency
agreements, referral, and consultation;
(8) how to provide consultation and
training in content areas specific to
services for students and families and
program organization and development;
and
(9) how to direct and monitor the
activities of paraprofessionals, aides,
volunteers, and peer tutors.
Knowledge and Understanding of
the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 646: Instructional
Interventions
ESSP 419: Education of Students
with Mild Disabilities
Please attach syllabi
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Practice in Applying the Standard
Course Numbers and Titles
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I & II
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 656: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems I
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders
Assessment (Demonstration of
Attainment of the Standard)
Course Numbers and Titles
ESSP 639: Transition Planning for
Students with Mild Disabilities
ESSP 658: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in EBD
ESSP 649: Seminar: Current Issues
and Trends in Learning Disabilities
ESSP 657: Behavior Disorders:
Diagnosis and Remediation of
Students with Social/Emotional
Problems II
ESSP 648: Graduate Student
Teaching: Learning Disabilities
ESSP 667: Graduate Student
Teaching: Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders