Overview of Early Childhood Special Education
Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education covering foundations, ethics, law, advocacy, and trends like diversity, intervention, and policy.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.86 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.44 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe the curriculum models and instructional and intervention approaches that primarily guide early childhood special education practice.
Explain key components of early childhood special education practice, including assessment, multi-tiered systems of support, systematic instruction, and collaboration with families and other professionals
Understand, evaluate, and apply research to support evidence-based practice with young children with disabilities.
Identify the ethical and legal guidelines that shape the profession of early intervention/early childhood special education.
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12 BSE, Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE, or Certificate in Disability Rights and Services
- Declared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12 BSE
- Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE
- Certificate in Disability Rights and Services
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- Any of
- Declared in Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education/Special Education Dual Certification Birth-Grade 12 BSE
- Special Education: Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Grade 3 BSE
- Certificate in Disability Rights and Services
Professors
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.86 GPA, 86.4% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.44 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).
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Topics
- Foundations of Early Childhood Special Education
- Ethics, Law, and Professional Relations
- Advocacy for Children and Families
- Trends in Early Education and Policy
- Assessment, MTSS, and Collaboration
Skills
- Advocacy for children and families
- Analysis of early education trends
- Description of curriculum models and instructional approaches
- Explanation of assessment, MTSS, and collaboration
- Evaluation and application of research for evidence-based practice
- Identification of ethical and legal guidelines
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