Early Childhood Sign Language (ECSLD)

Award: Career certificate

Program location: Fort Omaha Campus

This career certificate focuses on specific early childhood education content and demonstrates specific skills. It includes sign language courses that give students a basic background of the usage of sign language in the early childhood classroom. NOTE: SLIS courses do not count toward ECED degrees; this career certificate leads to a general studies degree.

Requirements for Early Childhood Sign Language career certificate (28.5 credit hrs.)

ECED 1060	Observation, Assessment, and Guidance	4.5
ECED 1110	Infant and Toddler DevelopmentONLINE	4.5
ECED 1120	Preschool Child DevelopmentONLINE	4.5
ECED 1150	Introduction to Early Childhood EducationONLINE	4.5
SLIS 1010	American Sign Language I	6.0
SLIS 1150	Introduction to the Deaf World	4.5

ECED 1060, ECED 1110, ECED 1120, ECED 1150: can be used to gain a Child Development Associate credential. Other on-the-job experience would be required. For the CDA, either ECED 1110 or ECED 1120 is required in addition to ECED 1060 and ECED 1150.