Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

4 - Educational Studies

41 - Teacher Training

13.10 - Special Education and Teaching

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 13.1001 to 13.1099.

13.1001 - Special Education and Teaching, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that prepares individuals to function as special education teachers. These programs include courses in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Special education
    • Special education teaching
    • Special needs education
    • Teaching special education
  • Exclusion

    • Administration of special education(13.0402)
    • Special education assistant(13.1501)
13.1003 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with hearing impairments including deafness which adversely affect their educational performance, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with hearing impairments, including deafness, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising hearing-impaired students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Deaf education
    • Education of the deaf
    • Teacher of the deaf
  • Exclusion

    • Sign language(16.1601)
    • Audiology(51.0202)
    • Speech pathology and audiology(51.0204)
13.1004 - Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults exhibiting exceptional intellectual, psychomotor or artistic talent or potential, or who exhibit exceptional maturity or social leadership talents, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying gifted and talented students, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising gifted and talented students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of exceptional children
    • Gifted education
  • Exclusion

    • Administration of special education(13.0402)
13.1005 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with emotional conditions which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with emotional disturbances, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising emotionally disturbed students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education/teaching of individuals with emotional disturbances
  • Exclusion

    • Special education(13.1001)
13.1006 - Education/Teaching of Intellectually-impaired Individuals

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with mental disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students who are intellectually impaired, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising mentally-handicapped students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education/teaching of intellectually-impaired individuals
  • Exclusion

    • Education of individuals who are developmentally delayed(13.1014)
    • Education of individuals with traumatic brain injuries(13.1016)
13.1007 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with multiple disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with multiple disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising multiple handicapped students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with multiple disabilities
  • Exclusion

    • Occupational therapist(51.2306)
    • Vocational rehabilitation counselling(51.2310)
    • Assistive/augmentative technology and rehabilitation engineering(51.2312)
13.1008 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with orthopedic and other health impairments which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying physically disabled students, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising students with orthopedic and other health impairments, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with orthopedic and other physical health impairments
  • Exclusion

    • Occupational therapy(51.2306)
    • Vocational rehabilitation counselling(51.2310)
    • Assistive/augmentative technology and rehabilitation engineering(51.2312)
13.1009 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with visual disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with visual impairments, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising blind or visually handicapped students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with vision impairments
  • Exclusion

    • Education of individuals with multiple disabilities(13.1007)
    • Orthoptics(51.1804)
13.1011 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with specific learning disabilities which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with specific learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising students with specific learning disabilities, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with specific learning disabilities
  • Exclusion

    • Special education(13.1001)
13.1012 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the study and design of educational services for children or adults with speech and language impairments which adversely affect their educational performance and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with speech and language impairments, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising students with speech disabilities, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with speech or language impairments
  • Exclusion

    • Speech communication(09.0101)
    • Speech and rhetorical studies(23.1001)
    • Speech therapy(51.0203)
13.1013 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults with autism, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identifying students with autism, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising autistic students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with autism
  • Exclusion

    • Early childhood education special needs(13.1015)
13.1014 - Education/Teaching of Individuals Who are Developmentally Delayed

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults who exhibit slow social, physical, cognitive, and/or emotional growth patterns that affect learning, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in identification of developmental delay patterns, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising developmentally delayed students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals who are developmentally delayed
  • Exclusion

    • Education/teaching of intellectually-impaired individuals(13.1006)
    • Early childhood education special needs(13.1015)
13.1015 - Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to infant and preschool age children with special learning needs or disabilities, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Early childhood education special needs
    • Early childhood special education
  • Exclusion

    • Early childhood education teaching(13.1210)
    • Early childhood development(19.0706)
    • Child care(19.0709)
    • Early childhood education assistant(19.0709)
13.1016 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of educational services for children or adults who are surviving and recovering from brain and brain stem injuries affecting their cognitive, perceptive, and motor functions, and that prepares individuals to teach such students. These programs include courses in neurophysiology and neuropathology; speech, other sensory, and motor pathologies; emotional and cognitive disabilities; physical and occupational rehabilitation techniques; developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising brain-injured students, counselling, and applicable laws and policies.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Education of individuals with traumatic brain injuries
  • Exclusion

    • Vocational rehabilitation counselling(51.2310)
    • Kinesiotherapy(51.2311)
13.1099 - Special Education and Teaching, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Special Education and Teaching.

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