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KU to Offer Online Autism Spectrum Disorder Endorsement Program for Educators(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) KUTZTOWN, Pa., Oct. 30 -- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: Beginning in winter 2015, Kutztown University's Department of Special Education will offer an online, 12-credit autism endorsement program for currently certified teachers or seniors who are enrolled in a program leading to instructional certification. The endorsement will provide current teachers and teachers-in-training with an in-depth background on working with students with autism. "Autism is the fastest growing disability," explained Dr. Debra Lynch, chair of KU's Department of Special Education. "One in 68 children will be diagnosed with autism. So persons who are already teaching have students in their classes with autism - or they are going to." Requirements for the endorsement can be completed in three short semesters, over the winter, spring and summer sessions. Furthermore, the online-only format makes the endorsement accessible for both KU students (seniors) and current educators. All of the faculty in the special education department are certified to teach online, and all have experience with and knowledge of autism spectrum disorder. For more information about the autism endorsement program, please contact Dr. Debra Lynch at 610-683-4290 or [email protected]. To register for the first class in the sequence, SPU 433, "Characteristics and Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders," please click here (https://csku.kutztown.edu/psp/csprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/COMMUNITY_ACCESS.CLASS_SEARCH.GBL.). TNS 30TagarumaMar-141101-4922179 30TagarumaMar (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |