Birth to Age 5 Options

About the Early Childhood Degree

The Birth to Age Five Degree prepares teaches to work with young children with disabilities. For children birth to 3 years, the teacher typically works in early intervention programs with families. For children 3-5 years old, the teacher teaches in public preschool settings in local school districts.

Courses in this degree address

developmental delays
inclusion of students in general education
behavioral interventions
assessment
effective instruction
consulting with parents and teachers
assistive technology
teaching developmental skills, and
policies and procedures.

Degree Maps

Special Education Major: Birth to Age Five

Special Education: Birth to 5 Emphasis - BA, BS

Special Education: Mild/Moderate & Birth to 5 Dual Emphasis - BA, BS

Special Education: Severe & Birth to 5 Dual Emphasis - BA, BS

Special Education: Birth to 5 Emphasis/Early Childhood Education Dual Major - BA, BS

Students are admitted to Utah State University as a pre-special education major and must meet certain course and test requirements to be admitted to the special education major. Applications to the major are due each spring by February 1^st.