Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education

In addition to the main admissions criteria, there are additional requirements needed to apply for this program:

• Applicants must already hold a valid New York State certification in General Education at the Early Childhood or Childhood level.

View the coursework for this program.

The heart of the program is a year-long supervised fieldwork experience.

• Your opportunity to connect theory and practice.
• You will have a reflective relationship with a mentor and a group of peers.
• Your experiences will include typically developing children, as well as with children with more specialized needs.
• You will have the flexibility to do your fieldwork in a paid position or as a student teacher.

New York State requires all graduate students in this program to have a supervised fieldwork experience in a special education or inclusion setting. Student teachers fulfill this experience through their placement in the fall or spring. Working teachers and assistants may need to enroll in an additional fieldwork placement, where they will be placed by Bank Street in the appropriate setting to fulfill their degree requirements.

The early intervention field is creative, and flexible. Our graduates work as:

• Teachers in nursery schools, child care centers and Early Head Start Programs
• Early Interventionists in homes and group programs
• Directors and Educational Directors
• Developmental evaluators