Location: Online, Self-paced

Course Description
The school setting can be a difficult place for children with special needs, as they often face challenges their peers do not. These challenges include, but are not limited to, additional transitions throughout their schooling, peer victimization, social deficits and limitations, anxiety, aggression, inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and underachievement. These students’ school experiences can be positively or negatively influenced by general school policies and the attitudes and behaviors of students and school personnel. School counselors can take the lead in assessing school climate in relation to students with special needs and initiating interventions or advocating for change when appropriate. View the Specialist syllabus.

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss factors to consider in creating positive school experiences for students with special needs.
• List intervention strategies for maximizing students with special needs capacity for learning.
• Identify potential school counselor interventions to address the various transition needs, including transition into postsecondary, of students with special needs.
• Discuss school counseling interventions that can help increase academic and social success for students with special needs.

Registration Fee
The Students with Special Needs Specialist training is $99 ($249 for nonmembers) and is equal to 5 CEUs/50 Contact Hours. Graduate credit is available for an additional fee.