Special Divisional Major | Yale University

Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

InstructingLearning StrategiesReading ComprehensionSpeakingService OrientationCoordinationActive ListeningWriting

Knowledge

Education and TrainingEnglish LanguagePsychologyCustomer and Personal ServiceTherapy and Counseling

Abilities

Oral ExpressionProblem SensitivitySpeech ClarityOral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningSpeech RecognitionInformation Ordering

Tasks

Establish and enforce rules for behavior and policies and procedures to maintain order among student
Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as r
Confer with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social workers, or other professionals to
Monitor students using personal electronics or school-issued technology.

Technology

Document management softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareDesktop publishing softwareElectronic mail softwareWeb page creation and editing software

Tools

Alternative computer keyboardsAssistive amplification systemsAudio tape recorders or playersBraille slatesBraille stylusesBunsen burnersCommunication boardsComputer laser printersDesktop computersDigital video camerasDissection scalpelsDocument camerasEmergency first aid kitsEnteral feeding equipmentEye controlled computer mouse equipment

Work Values

RelationshipsAchievementIndependenceWorking ConditionsRecognitionSupport

Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOC	Occupation	Method	Wage	Growth	Openings
Match confidence: medium25-2058.00	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	title_inference	$69,590 median$106,050 top	-1.64%	-260

Program Pathways

Credentials this program stacks toward

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What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Bachelor's Degree)

School-wide behavioral expectations — align classroom policies with broader campus frameworks and independently resolve complex disciplinary situations involving students with significant disabilities.
Comprehensive IEP documentation and legally compliant progress reports — author and manage across a full caseload in a secondary special education department.
IEP development — lead collaborative planning with parents, general education teachers, psychologists, and agency representatives to design individualized programs addressing educational, physical, and social development.
Specialized instructional techniques for perceptual-motor, language, and cognitive skill development — select, sequence, and evaluate autonomously for diverse secondary learners with low-incidence and high-incidence disabilities.
Standards-aligned and individualized lesson objectives — design across long-range curriculum units, integrating transition goals for students approaching post-secondary pathways.
Classroom and community-based learning environments — prepare and differentiate for a range of instructional formats including self-contained, co-taught, and community-integrated settings.
Behavior Intervention Plans — develop and implement evidence-based strategies, monitoring fidelity and adjusting reinforcement systems in response to functional behavioral assessment outcomes.
Parent-school partnerships — cultivate through proactive, culturally responsive communication and mediate conflicts between families and school teams to achieve durable resolutions.
Complex student data systems — manage and query to generate compliance reports, track longitudinal IEP goal progress, and inform instructional decision-making.
Multidisciplinary problem-solving — apply critical thinking and systems analysis to diagnose root causes of persistent learning or behavioral challenges and design comprehensive intervention plans.

Program Details

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Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Financial Aid

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Scholarships

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