Graduate Severe Profound Disability Endorsement
University Partners
University of Florida
Diane Ryndak, Ph.D.
E-mail: dryndak@coe.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392-0701
Florida Gulf Coast University
Carolynne Gischel, Ed.D.
E-mail: cgischel@fgcu.edu
Phone: 239-590-7795
Florida State University
Bruce Menchetti, Ph.D.
E-mail: bmenchet@fsu.edu
Phone: 850-644-4880
Lynn University
Patrick J. Hartwick, Ed.D.
E-mail: phartwick@lynn.edu
Phone: 561-237-7083
University of North Florida
Len Roberson, Ph.D.
E-mail: lroberso@unf.edu
Phone: 904-620-2185
University of South Florida
Phyllis Jones, Ph.D.
E-mail: pjones@sar.usf.edu
Phone: 941-359-4395
University of West Florida
Robert Markowitz, Ph.D.
E-mail: rmarkowitz@uwf.edu
Phone: 850-474-2158
Get an Endorsement to Teach Students with Severe Disabilities (Including Autism and Deaf-Blindness)
Two courses toward a state endorsement in Severe Disabilities will be offered this spring semester through distance education technology in a joint program between UF, FSU, USF, FGCU, FAU, UWF and UNF. These distance education courses and student financial support will be available for current graduate students and current teachers interested in applying for an endorsement in severe disabilities. Courses can be attended through Lynn University's distance learning program.
These are three-credit hour courses that will include both Web-based instruction and interactive sessions across the state, using the Internet. All interactive sessions will be scheduled after school hours (5 to 8 p.m.).
Financial assistance is available for a limited number of participants. Contact the university to be considered for financial assistance.
Project SCIPP (Significant Cognitive Impairments Personnel Preparation: A Multi-University Consortium on Severe Disabilities), directed by Diane Ryndak, Ph.D., at the University of Florida, is a multi-university effort funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs to provide teachers and graduate students with courses leading toward the State Endorsement in Severe Disabilities. According to the Individual with Disabilities Improvement Act (IDEIA, 2004), every teacher in the state who is serving students with severe disabilities must be highly qualified by 2011. To be highly qualified, each teacher must have the state's endorsement in severe disabilities. This project is funded and sponsored by the United States Department of Special Education Programs.
First course for Spring 2010
Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction for Students with Severe Disabilities
Wednesdays 5 to 8 p.m., January 6 through April 21, with Diane Ryndak, Ph.D.
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