Master of Arts - MA in Special Education Roosevelt University Chicago Campus

With a master’s in special education, you can address the learning and socio-emotional needs of students with learning and intellectual disabilities, severe emotional and behavior disorders, and other disabilities.

This intensive, field-based program prepares you to work democratically with students from kindergarten through age 21. The program leads to the Illinois LBS1 teaching credential.

The MA program in Special Education is intended for students who wish to develop a rich and broad understanding of how to instruct diverse learners with special needs.

Roosevelt's program in special education is a K through age 22 program leading to an Illinois teaching license with an LBS1 endorsement. Completing the program qualifies graduates to teach children with all areas of special education needs, except sensory impairments and communication disorders. The LBS1 endorsement scope includes the former categories of specific learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbances, other health impairments, traumatic brain injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, orthopedic impairments, and multiple disabilities.

With careful planning, students can add one or more of the following endorsements to their teaching license: Elementary Education, Bilingual/ESL, Early Childhood Special Education approval, Middle School, and Reading Teacher endorsements.

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