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Early Intervention Special Education License Program (EISE)

Welcome

The Early Intervention Special Educator (EISE) program at Portland State University is a licensure program that prepares professionals to provide services to infants, toddlers, and young children with special needs, and their families.

Deadline to complete application material is January 3, 2011

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New PSU online program!

Blended Early Education Specialist (BEES)

 Cohort begins spring 2012

Admission deadline: February 18, 2012

 

Professional information

Early Intervention Specialists provide services in home and community environments to support young children with special needs and their families.

Early Interventionists are generally employed by Educational Service Districts (ESD) or private and community programs such as Head Start.

 

Early Intervention Special Education grants

Pathways

This program is intended for educational assistants who are bilingual/bicultural, or monolingual/monocultural who wish to gain competencies in working with young children with special needs and their families who represent diverse backgrounds. Coursework infuses information about working with young children and their families who are from diverse backgrounds throughout the curriculum.

Blended Early Education Specialist (BEES)

This program is intended for educational assistants, Head Start Staff, and early childhood education personnel. Upon completetion, you will be qualified to provide services to infants toddlers, and pre-kindergarten children, their families, and teachers and apply for Oregon licensure. This program is targeted to individuals working in rural areas in the Pacific Northwest.

Parent-Infant Interaction Project (PII-Project)

The Parent-Infant Interaction Project is an early childhood developement project intended to support parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.

Early Intervention Special Education Awards

Sampsell Faculty Fellowship in Community Engagement Award

Dr. Dave Allen and collegue, Dr. Ruth Falco, in collaboration with the Helen Gordon Child Development Center, were awarded the Sampsell Faculty Fellowship in Community Engagement for their project Creating a Model Service for Children with Disabilities at the Helen Gordon Child Development Center.