Mild Intervention Licensure Program
Add Mild Intervention to your Indiana Teaching License!
The Mild Intervention Licensure program is a series of six graduate level courses for teachers to add Exceptional Children: Mild Intervention (P-12) certification to their Indiana license. This online program is self-paced, flexibly designed for full-time teachers.
Let us help you meet federal special educational licensure mandate taking effect after the 2021-2022 school year! Taylor’s Mild Intervention licensure classes can be completed in a flexible, online format, and field experience requirements can be fulfilled within your own classroom. If you live or teach outside of Indiana, search for your state’s reciprocity. From applying, to registering, to learning, to licensing—we are here to help you each step of the way!
Ask us how you could qualify to have your program tuition and textbooks covered!
Classes that fit into your schedule.
The structure of the program is uniquely flexible. You pick the start date for your class—any day of the year. Once you choose your start date to begin your class, you’ll have up to 4 months to complete the coursework.
You can work on a class any time of the day and never have to be online at a specific time. While the coursework is completed online, some classes require classroom observations and experiences that are completed in the your community. There is no student teaching requirement.
Simply put:
- You select your start date for each class.
- You can fit classwork into your schedule—no designated meeting times.
- You can complete field experiences while working in your own classroom.
- You will be supported, every step of the way.
Licensure Courses (Adding to Teaching License)
Six classes are required for those adding Mild Intervention Licensure to their teaching license.
SED 520 Exceptional Children (3 credits)
This course is designed to prepare the teacher candidate for the challenge of meeting the needs of exceptional children in the classroom. A general study of exceptional children focuses on the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Topics addressed in the course are the identification process for individuals with disabilities, their characteristics and unique needs, delivery of services, and instructional strategies within all content areas.
| Field Experience | Teacher interview |
| Textbook | Exceptional Lives: Practice, Progress, and Dignity in Today’s Schools, 9th Edition |
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Tammy Mahon
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SED 530 Foundations of Special Education (3 credits)
This course is a study of the special education profession, encompassing the philosophical, historical, ethical, and legal foundations of special education. The responsibilities and rights of students, their parents, all involved educators, and other professionals are studied as they relate to meeting the needs of exceptional learners. Course content addresses P-12 students regarding early intervention, human growth and development, individual differences, diversity, and families and communities to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
| Textbook | The Law and Special Education, 5th Edition |
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Tammy Mahon
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SED 540 Assessment of Exceptional Learners (3 credits)
This course focuses on formal and informal assessments, including how to effectively assess reading and writing. Instructions are presented on how to use assessment results to identify, plan for, and teach students with exceptional needs, including the use of that information to develop individual education plans. Communication of that information with students, parents, and other professionals is discussed. Includes a field experience component. Prerequisites: Advanced Mild Track- SED 520 and SED 530; TTT Mild Track- SED 525 and SED 530
| Prerequisites | SED 520 & SED 530 |
| Field Experience | 10 hours of observation over a minimum of 4 weeks |
| Textbook | Assessment in Special Education: A Practical Approach (6th Edition) |
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Olivia Wright
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SED 550 Behavior Management (3 credits)
This course focuses on creating and supporting safe, respectful, and productive learning environments for students with disabilities. Topics covered include the use of a range of preventive and responsive practices to support social, emotional, and educational well-being. Students employ behavioral assessments in developing behavior intervention and progress monitoring plans for students with disabilities. Includes a field experience component. Prerequisites: Advanced Mild Track- SED 520 & SED 530; TTT Mild Track- SED 525 and SED 530
| Prerequisites | SED 520 & SED 530 |
| Field Experience | 10 hours of observation over a minimum of 4 weeks |
| Textbook | Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers, 10th Edition |
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Tammy Mahon
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SED 555 Methods of Special Education (3 credits)
This course prepares students to apply an understanding of academic subject matter content of the general curriculum and specialized curricula to inform programmatic and instructional decisions for learners with exceptionalities. Students are required to use knowledge of individuals' development, learning needs, and assessment data to inform decisions about effective instruction. Students will implement explicit, systematic direct instructional strategies in core content areas to individualize instruction to support students with exceptionalities. Includes a field experience component. Prerequisites: Advanced Mild Track- SED 520 and SED 530; TTT Mild Track- SED 525 and SED 530
| Prerequisites | SED 520 & SED 530 |
| Field Experience | 10 hours of observation over a minimum of 4 weeks |
| Textbook | Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems, 10th edition |
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Amy Blake
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TTT 560 Early Literacy Experiences and Assessments: K-3 (3 credits)
This course is an examination of current methods, materials, and media used in teaching and assessing literature in a multicultural society. Literacy skills instruction and the development of literacy reading skills are studied in relationship to the total range of student needs. Topics include how language is acquired and developed, reading process, hierarchy of reading skills, technology to instruct and reinforce reading skills, and methods used to instruct reading.
| Field Experience | 12-hour field component |
| Textbook | Teaching Reading Sourcebook, 3rd Edition |
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Christina Ward
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Licensure Tests
Content Area Assessment: Subject assessments measure your content knowledge of the subject(s) you will teach. To add this special education content area to a teaching license, you must take and pass the following test after you complete your courses:
Exceptional Needs: Mild Intervention, Special Education Foundational Knowledge (test code 5355)
You are not alone in this process. We are here to help you! Please contact us if you have questions:
Joy Elzinga, Director of Teacher Licensure, joy_elzinga@taylor.edu, 765-998-5286
April Dickey, Director of Transition to Teaching/Online Licensure Programs, april_dickey@taylor.edu 765-998-5145
You can start now!
Applications are accepted year-round for Taylor University’s online Mild Intervention Licensure program. The process of applying requires submission of the following:
- Mild Intervention Licensure Application
- Copy of teaching license
- College transcripts
- Criminal background check (within the last 12 months)
Email your materials to lykline@tayloru.edu or send by mail:
Taylor University, Education Department
ATTN: Director, Transition to Teaching/Online Licensure Programs
1846 Main Street
Upland, IN 46989
Tuition
Tuition is paid one class at a time as you proceed through the program. It is due when you enroll in a course—a date you select. Once paid, you can start the course the next business day. So you don’t have to wait for a semester or scheduled date to get started!
- One-time enrollment fee: $100 (Pay by credit card or mail to the address provided above.)
- Credit hour rate: $450 per credit hour
- A three credit hour course: $1,350
- Mild Intervention program total: $8,100 (18 credit hours)
Financial aid is not available for the Mild Intervention Licensure program.
Let us help you earn your Mild Intervention Licensure!
Meet Lyn. She can help you add Mild Intervention to your teaching license.
Graduate Enrollment Counselor
- MA, Ball State University
- BS, Huntington University