Bilingual Educational Diagnostician Certification
Planning Worksheet
The requirements below may be modified after an advisor reviews previous experience and coursework. After being
admitted to the TWU Graduate School and the Teacher Education Special Education Graduate Program, the student
should meet with a Special Education faculty member to complete a Bilingual Educational Diagnostician Certification
worksheet.
Student name: ________________________________ Email: ______________________ Phone: ______________
Prerequisites:
Master’s degree
Texas teaching certification
Bilingual certification
Special Education certification
Three years’ teaching experience as teacher of record by completion of program (service record on file)
o Prior to your last 15 hours (i.e., 5 courses) and admission to your first assessment course (i.e., EDSP
5833 or 5843), you MUST have two years of teaching experience completed. You will be required to
email the Department of Teacher Education to indicate your acceptance of entrance into the
Educational Diagnostician Certification Program (and you will need to submit your service record).
EDSP 5003: Psychology of Exceptional Children or an introductory course in special education (undergraduate or
graduate level)
ADVISOR: indicate how this requirement was met: ________________________________________________
One of the following courses or a course in human development (undergraduate or graduate level)
ADVISOR: indicate how this requirement was met: ________________________________________________
o FS 5223: Child Growth and Human Development
o FS 5003: Lifespan Human Development
o FS 5113: Theories of Human Development
Required coursework:
Exceptionalities (9 hours):
EDSP 5103: Developmental Disabilities
EDSP 5413: Individuals with Learning Disabilities
EDSP 5303: Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Interventions (12 hours):
EDSP 5423: Instructional Interventions for Students with Disabilities
One of the following courses:
o EDSP 5313: Behavioral Interventions for Students with Disabilities
o EDSP 5343: Instructional Interventions: Applied Behavior Analysis
Two of the following courses (selected based on recommendation of advisor):
o EDBE 5413: Teaching Reading and Other Language Arts to Linguistically Different Learners
o EDBE 5453: English as a Second Language: Methods
o EDBE 5633: Education in Culturally Diverse Environments
o EDBE 5653: Second Language Acquisition: Theories and Practices
Support (9 hours):
EDSP 5033: Using Assessment for Effective Interventions
EDSP 5013: Collaborating for Effective Interventions
EDSP 5043: Legal and Administrative Issues in Special Education
Revised August 2016
Assessment (9 hours):
Note: These courses can only be taken after (a) official admission into the TWU Educational Diagnostician Program and (b) obtaining
permission from the instructor.
EDSP 5833: Clinical Instruction in Psychoeducational Assessment
EDSP 5843: Clinical Instruction in Intellectual Assessment
EDSP 5853: Advanced Assessment and Evaluation of Students with Disabilities
Revised August 2016