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Early Intervention Studies
M.A. in Early Intervention Studies
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The Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program (EIS) provides professionals from a wide range of disciplines with current evidence-based knowledge and skills for working with families and their very young children from birth to 3 years old who are deaf or hard of hearing. This interdisciplinary program provides preparation in professional and ethical practices, communication and language(s), families, and developmental assessment and programming. Candidates will acquire leadership, advocacy, and collaboration skills that promote age and developmentally appropriate outcomes for infants and toddlers. All coursework and field experiences reflect principles of diversity and social justice including understanding and appreciation of language diversity (ASL and English, as well as other home languages).
Admission Requirements
Note: Students who have completed the EIS graduate certificate within five years prior to admission are admitted to the M.A. program with advanced standing. Students who completed the professional studies EIS certificate by 2023 and within five years prior to admission are also admitted to the M.A. program with advanced standing. Additionally, EIS 700, 701, 702, 703, 704 are not required if completed with grades of B or above within five years prior to admission into the program.
Graduation Requirements
Summary of Requirements
Program Equipment
Because the M.A. in Early Intervention Studies is a low residency program with online components, students must have high-speed internet and equipment that allows them to participate fully in the program.
Summer I (Hybrid then Online) (6 Credits)
This course is the first course in the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Program and serves as an orientation to the program. This course requires both on-campus and online participation. Participants will examine perspectives on working with young deaf and hard of hearing children, their families, and communities and will discuss the historical foundations of birth-to-three programs and services. The impact of early hearing detection and intervention principles and practices on newborn hearing screening and programs will be addressed. The course will provide an overview of the following topics: professionalism, advocacy, ethics, dispositions, diversity, and other factors that impact deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers and their families. Resources to support collaboration, leadership and change will be included. Evidence-based research and best practice guidelines that benefit deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers and their families will be addressed.
Admission to the Early Intervention Studies Certificate or Masters of Arts Program, or permission of instructor(s).
This course is the second course in the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Program. The course requires on-line participation. The course addresses language, communication, and cognitive development and developmental milestones. Participants will examine socio-cultural factors that impact linguistic, cognitive and communication development from diverse perspectives. The course addresses language learning models for ASL and English, bilingual, multilingual and dual language learning. Participants will explore visual, auditory and tactile modalities, technological devices for supporting language and communication development, and the research that underlies current practices. Participants will explore how professionals with varying disciplinary expertise can collaborate to provide support to families to enhance their child's development. Family language learning models including Deaf Professional/ Advisor programs and family sign language programs will also be addressed.
Admission to the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate or Masters of Arts Program and completion of EIS 700, or permission of instructor(s).
Fall I (Online) (9 Credits)
*1 3-credit research course must be taken in Fall I, students are recommended to take EDU 720 or another similar research course as approved by the Program Director.
This course is the third course in the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Program. The course requires on-line participation. This course examines family systems' perspectives and the interrelationships among the young child who is deaf or hard of hearing, family and communities. Family and community cultures, values and beliefs will be explored. Participants will understand the importance of building relationships and the research underlying the importance of family support systems, acceptance and accommodation. Emphasis will be on collaboration with professionals from different disciplinary backgrounds, leadership and advocacy. The course will address strategies and resources that promote family and professional collaboration, family-to-family support networks, and family involvement.
Admission into the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate or Masters of Arts Program and completion of EIS 700 and EIS 701, or permission of instructor(s).
Spring I (Online) (9 Credits)
1 3-credit elective will be taken in Spring I (an example is DST 712). The elective should be decided on by both the student and Program Director. The elective should align with any requirements by the state in which the student aims to become an Early Intervention provider. The elective may be waived based on applicable previous academic experience.
This online course is the fourth course in the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate Program and the sixth course for the Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program. The course addresses the methods, strategies and techniques for developing language, communication, cognition and literacy for infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. Candidates will acquire knowledge of assessments used to describe the strengths and needs of these children. The course emphasizes an interdisciplinary collaborative approach and the roles of related professionals (e.g., audiologists, early childhood educators, speech-language pathologists, social workers, psychologists, etc). Strategies and resources will address the continuum of communication and language opportunities including the development of spoken English and American Sign Language.
Admission to the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate or the Masters of Arts Program and completion of EIS 700, EIS 701, and EIS 702; or permission of instructor(s).
This course provides opportunities to observe and participate in early care and education programs for deaf and hard of hearing infants, toddlers and their families across cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This course provides a context for developing and enacting content, strategies, and pedagogical knowledge under the supervision of University Supervisor (US) and Mentor professionals (MP). Additionally, this course provides opportunities for development through self-reflection. The seminar will include opportunities for reflective group sessions.
Admission to Interdisciplinary Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program or permission of instructor
Summer II (Hybrid) (6 Credits)
This course is the final course in the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate Program and the ninth course of the Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program. The course requires both on-line and on-campus participation. The course will focus on both content and skill development in the areas of assessment and programming. Collaboration will be emphasized in the assessment and implementation of goals and services for young children and their families. The processes underlying the development of IFSPs and IEP's and transitions from early intervention to preschools will be explored. Strategies and resources will emphasize best practice in interdisciplinary, developmentally and individually appropriate and culturally responsive programming. Candidates for the certificate will present their final portfolios to provide evidence of their knowledge, skills and professional dispositions for working with infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing, birth-to-three and their families.
Admission to the Early Intervention Studies Graduate Certificate or Masters of Arts Program and completion of EIS 700, EIS 701, EIS 702, and EIS 703; or permission from instructor(s).
This course provides an introduction to working with and educating young Deaf infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families from a disability critical theory studies approach that incorporates the intersectionality of people with disabilities and racialized bodies. The course covers an overview on the factors including etiology and symptomatology that impact developmental disabilities aspects of Deaf infants and toddlers. This course also addresses evidence-based practices in assessing and interacting working with deaf infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
Admission to Interdisciplinary Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program, completion of EIS 700 and EIS 701; or permission of instructor.
Fall II (Online) (9 Credits)
(ITF 712 is a 6 credit course)
This course explores the concepts of race, gender, ability, culture, and intersecting identities shape our thoughts as they pertain to the study of early intervention justice and equity for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and their families. We will make use of social, cognitive, and developmental theories to explore what it means to be providers in a multicultural society. We will evaluate the construct of race, how babies, young children and adults come to make sense of race, and what utility it has for early intervention providers. We will examine how culture shapes our values, worldviews, and the ways we communicate with one another. We will define and examine implicit and explicit bias, how stereotypes affect behavior, and how privilege and discrimination shape the lived experiences of members of society as those experiences directly affect the families in our field. We will also examine the intersection of multiple social identities with an orientation towards providing equitable services with limited barriers. This course has a heavy emphasis on adults to think about the parents and caregivers with whom early intervention providers work, making way for a family-centered approach. Students of this course will take a reflective journey to reveal and begin to process their internal biases.
This course supports candidates to participate full time in an internship to work with deaf and hard of hearing infants and toddlers, and their families in early care and education settings e.g. early intervention programs, parent infants programs, and daycares. This course provides opportunities to synthesize learning across coursework and field experiences and apply content and pedagogical knowledge with culturally, linguistically, ability, and socioeconomically diverse deaf and hard of hearing young infants, toddlers and their families under the supervision of a university supervisor (US) and a mentor professional (MP).
Admission to Interdisciplinary Early Intervention Studies Masters of Arts Program, completion of EIS 708; or permission of instructor
Completed application form. See Application Instructions to learn how. A non-refundable application fee of $75. A minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a four-point scale) in all previous undergraduate and graduate study. (Occasionally, applicants with a GPA lower than 3.0 may be admitted conditionally, upon...
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