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Education Specialist Credentials -- Specialties

Mild / Moderate Disabilities (M/M)

This credential allows you to work with students in Kindergarten and grades one through twelve as well as special classes for adults up to 22 years of age. With this credential you can work with students that have...
  • Specific learning disabilities
  • Attention Deficit and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
  • Mild to moderate mental retardation
  • Serious emotional disturbance

Moderate / Severe Disabilities (M/S)

This credential allows you to work with students in Kindergarten and grades one through twelve as well as special classes for adults up to 22 years of age. With this credential you can work with students that have...
  • Autism
  • Moderate to severe mental retardation
  • Deafness / blindness
  • Multiple disabilities
  • Serious emotional disturbance

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)

This credential allows you to work with students from birth through 22 years of age. With this credential you can work with students that have...
  • Deafness
  • Hearing impairments
  • Deaf-blindness

Visual Impairments (VI)

This credential allows you to work with students from birth through 22 years of age. With this credential you can work with students that have…
  • Visual Impairments
  • Blindness
  • Deaf-blindness

Physical and Health Impairments (PHI)

This credential allows you to work with students from birth through 22 years of age. With this credential you can work with students that have...
  • Multiple disabilities
  • Orthopedic impairments
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Other health impairments

Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)

This credential allows you to work with students age birth to pre-kindergarten that have...
  • Mild / moderate disabilities
  • Moderate / severe disabilities

We do our best to provide you with the most up-to-date information on teaching credentials; however, requirements are constantly changing. For the most recent information available regarding possible changes to the credentialing process visit the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/default.html.
Special thanks to the Cal Teach project, which provided much of this information. During your years of service you helped many students enter the noble profession of teaching. Your program will be sorely missed but not forgotten.

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