Certificate in the Transition
Specialist Program
The Graduate Certificate in the Transition Specialist Program is designed to prepare professionals with Bachelors Degrees in Education or related fields to faciltate successful School (i.e., elementary to middle, middle to high school) through adult life transition planning for individuals with disabilities.
Program Coordinator:
Dr. Sharon KolbWinther 4037
Phone: (262) 472-4877
Email: kolbs@uww.edu
Department Secretary:
Winther 4033Phone: (262) 472-1106
Email: specialed@uww.edu
Entrance Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree
A minimum of 2.75 overall as an undergraduate
Applicants for this program must have taken SPECED 606: Career and Vocational Programming for Students with Disabilities or the equivalent.
Note: Units earned in the Transitions Specialist Certificate Program may also count for the Master of Science in Education Degree Program in Special Education.
CERTIFICATE IN TRANSITION SPECIALIST PROGRAM:
The Certificate Program will require a minimum of 15 units of the courses listed below. This is a tentative list of courses to be included in the program.
SPECED 702
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH
SPECED 703
PROMOTING REFORM THROUGH COLLABORATIVE
LEADERSHIP
SPECED 706
VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS
SPECED 781
SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITIONAL
PROGRAMMING
SPECED 704
APPLIED FIELD ACTION RESEARCH IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION
Completion of the capstone course, Applied Action Research in Special Education (SPECED 704), represents the final requirement for the Transition Specialist Certificate.
