The curriculum to prepare the prospective teacher of students with hearing impairment shall provide the teacher with: 1. Development and characteristics of learners; 2. Individual learning differences; 3. Instructional strategies; 4. Language and communication; 5. Instructional planning; 6. Assessment; 7. Collaboration.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Praxis Special Education: Foundational Knowledge (5355), Qualifying Score: 145
Discipline
Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate
Professional Educator Certificate in Early Childhood Education (Class A, Class B, Class AA)
"For early childhood education and early childhood special education programs, field
experiences shall include placements in at least two of the three main types of early education
settings [early school grades (K-3), childcare centers and homes, and Office of School Readiness
programs.]"
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Alabama Prospective Teacher Testing Program (APTTP) and Praxis II certification in early childhood education.
Discipline
Early Childhood Special Educator
License/Certificate
Professional Educator Certificate in Early Childhood Education (Class A, Class B, Class AA)
"For early childhood education and early childhood special education programs, field
experiences shall include placements in at least two of the three main types of early education
settings [early school grades (K-3), childcare centers and homes, and Office of School Readiness
programs.]"
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Praxis Early Childhood Education (5025); Qualifying Score of 156 and Special Education: Foundational Knowledge (5355); Qualifying score of 145
"A master’s degree or a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a recognized educational institution, or a graduate degree in an allied field from a recognized educational institution and graduate level course work in marriage and family therapy"
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Completion of two-hundred (200) hours of supervision, one-hundred (100) of which must be individual. Candidates may count up to one-hundred (100) supervision hours earned during the graduate program toward this requirement, when based on a ratio of one (1) supervision hour for every five (5) client contact hours completed concurrently. The remaining one hundred (100) hours of post degree supervision must include at least fifty (50) hours of individual supervision. Graduates from The Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) programs have met this requirement. Applicants from allied mental health professions or candidates not completing a Board approved graduate internship must complete concurrently the full supervision requirement post-degree. Programs that are not COAMFTE approved require board approval prior to beginning the internship.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
The Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Board's (AMFTRB) Examination in Marital and Family Therapy PASS/FAIL
"All requirements for graduation from an approved registered nursing program in Alabama, or an approved registered nursing program located in another jurisdiction or territory that substantially meets the same educational criteria as Alabama programs."
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
National Council Licensure Examination-Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN): pass/fail
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Licensure by examination or Licensure by endorsement
doctorate degree from a department of, or school of, psychology, from an educational institution accredited and recognized by national and regional accrediting agencies as maintaining satisfactory standards.
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
"Qualifying coursework must have included the following areas (minimum of 27 semester hours
or 40 quarter hours):
(i) Abnormal Behavior/Psychopathology
(ii) Intellectual Assessment
(iii) Personality Assessment
(iv) Theory of Intervention and Treatment of Mental Disorders
(v) Practicum in Psychological Assessment
(vi) Practicum in Psychological Intervention
(vii) Advanced Clinical Electives"
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
"An internship in clinical psychology which emphasized assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of
mental disorders and which met the criteria outlined in Rule 750-X-2-.07 must have been
completed"
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) developed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Board AND Professional Standards Examination (PSE)
doctorate degree from a department of, or school of, psychology, from an educational institution accredited and recognized by national and regional accrediting agencies as maintaining satisfactory standards.
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
"Qualifying coursework must have included the following areas (minimum of 27 semester hours
or 40 quarter hours):
(i) Theory of Counseling/Psychotherapy
(ii) Assessment of Aptitude and Abilities and/or Personality
(iii) Human Adjustment or Development, or Abnormal Behavior
(iv) Vocational Assessment
(v) Practicum in Assessment
(vi) Practicum in Intervention
(vii) Advanced Electives in Counseling Psychology"
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
An internship in counseling psychology which emphasized the application of psychological principles to facilitate effective functioning during life-span development and which met the criteria outlined in Rule 750-X-2-.07 must have been completed.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) developed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Board AND Professional Standards Examination (PSE)
AA Certificate as a School Psychologist and/or holds the National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP).
Age Range
PreK-12
Degree Level Requirement
doctorate degree from a department of, or school of, psychology, from an educational institution accredited and recognized by national and regional accrediting agencies as maintaining satisfactory standards.
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework
Qualifying coursework must have included the following areas (minimum of 24 semester hours or 36 quarter hours): (i) Intellectual Assessment (ii) Assessment of Educational Abilities and Achievement (iii) Theory of Intervention in Educational Settings (iv) Practicum in School Psychology (v) Child/Developmental Psychology (vi) Consultation and Program Planning (vii) Electives in School Psychology (viii) An internship in school psychology which emphasized the application of psychological principles and skills to learning problems and which met the criteria outlined in Rule 750-X-2-.07 must be completed
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
"Applicants who have successfully completed an internship that was accredited by the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological Association at the time of the applicant's training will be recognized as meeting the Board’s internship training requirements. An internship in school psychology which emphasized the application of
psychological principles and skills to learning problems and which met the criteria
outlined in Rule 750-X-2-.07 must be completed"
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
Examination for the Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) developed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Board AND Professional Standards Examination (PSE)
The curriculum to prepare the prospective teacher of students with hearing impairment shall provide the teacher with: 1. Development and characteristics of learners; 2. Instructional strategies; 3. Learning environments and social interactions; 4. Instructional planning; 5. Assessment; 6. Collaboration.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work?
Licensure Dependent on an Exam?
PRAXIS Special Education: Foundational Knowledge (5355), Qualifying score: 145