State Standards for Teaching Exceptional Children

Teachersn states and the Dis- f-iI~.'~'~'-'I'W®states and the Dis- trict of Columbia now issue special certificates for teachers of exceptional children in one or more areas.More states require special creden- tials for speech correctionists than for , teachers in any of the other areas of exceptionality.Next to speech correction, the areas in which the largest number of states have special teacher standards are, in order, the hard of hearing, the crippled, the mentally retarded, and the partially seeing. 'The areas in which the least number of states issue special certificates are for teachers of the blind, deaf, socially maladjusted, and the gifted. 'Only one state has a special certificate for teachers of the gifted.Sixteen states do not require special certification of teachers of exceptional children

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