Learning Behavior Specialist 1 (LBS1) Endorsement

Licensed teachers with Elementary, Secondary, or K-22 endorsements are eligible to acquire an LBS1 endorsement upon completion of 18 hours of LBS1 course work and a passing score on the Illinois LBS1 Content Area Exam (155). The endorsement is for grades K-22. An Early Childhood Special Education approval (PreK only) is embedded in the Early Childhood initial Licensure program.

 

Required Courses

SPED 550Diagnostic Assessment of Students with Disabilities

3

SPED 557Math Mthds: Students w/ Disabilities

3

SPED 552Methods of Social and Emotional Learning

3

SPED 540Foun SPED: Overview Exceptional Children

3

EDRD 502Literacy Methods and Beginning Reading: Primary

3

OR

SPED 551Adolescent Lit: Students w/ Disabilities

3