Behavioral intervention and ABA
Behavioral Intervention Strategies and Applied Behavior Analysis: functional behavior assessments, behavior improvement plans, and MTSS coursework produced to the rubric and revised until it passes.
WGU bachelor's completion
WGU B.A. Special Education completion, finished in 6 months
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Coursework Ninja completes the WGU B.A. Special Education academic course load: behavior-intervention, assessment, and IEP-collaboration PAs written to the rubric, special education law and curriculum exams finished, weekly clears paced around preclinical observation hours and student teaching, with remaining academic CUs done in 6 months or you do not pay. The bachelor's package is $3,000 flat. Coursework Ninja is independent and not affiliated with Western Governors University. Live classroom requirements stay with you.
The B.A. Special Education (Mild to Moderate) is 38 courses aimed at a single K-12 special education license: behavioral intervention and applied behavior analysis, special education law, assessment, IEP collaboration, and instructional planning for learners with exceptionalities, plus preclinical observation hours and a student-teaching term. It is one of the most paper-heavy degrees WGU offers, and most of its students already work in classrooms as paras or aides.
We complete the academic load: the special education core PAs, the eight-course professional core, and the general education remainder, delivered to the rubric on a written weekly schedule. Live observation and student-teaching requirements stay with you. Remaining academic CUs finished in 6 months under the agreed plan, or you do not pay.
- Behavior, law, assessment, and IEP PAs completed
- Professional core and gen ed assessments finished
- Pacing around preclinical hours and student teaching
- 6-month finish-or-don't-pay guarantee
Every full package includes the written 6-month guarantee: we finish the remaining CUs under the agreed plan, or you do not pay. Packages: Bachelor's $3,000 · Master's $3,500 · both $5,500 · single assessments from $99.
Coverage
What do we complete in the WGU B.A. Special Education?
Special education law and assessment
Special Education Law, Policies and Procedures and Assessment for Special Education: eligibility, evaluation, and progress-monitoring content cleared on the weekly schedule.
IEP collaboration and instructional planning
The IEP collaboration course and Considerations for Instructional Planning for Learners, including the simulated IEP annual review deliverable, written to the rubric.
Literacy and math strategies with assistive tech
The elementary and secondary Literacy and Mathematics Strategies and Assistive Technologies courses, completed as graded tasks alongside the eight-course professional core.
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Course map
Key courses in this WGU program
Course names below come from WGU's published program materials for this degree. Assessment labels reflect typical OA/PA patterns for the course type; exact task mix can shift by catalog year. Codes are shown only when verified against an official WGU source.
| Course | Assessment | Where students stall |
|---|---|---|
| Composition: Writing with a Strategy | Paper (PA) | Early path course; good first clear on a weekly plan |
| Introduction to Communication: Connecting with Others | Paper (PA) | Early path course; good first clear on a weekly plan |
| Composition: Successful Self-Expression | Paper (PA) | Cleared on the weekly plan instead of drifting |
| Integrated Physical Sciences | Paper (PA) | Late-path course; protect buffer weeks for revisions |
| Introduction to Biology | Paper (PA) | Late-path course; protect buffer weeks for revisions |
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Send the course code on Telegram or WhatsApp. Single-course completions start at $99 with a fixed quote in writing before any work begins.
Certifications and transfers
Certifications, licensure, and transfer reality
Student teaching, preclinical experiences, demo teaching, or clinical/practicum hours stay with you. We complete the academic assessments and papers around those pieces, confirmed in writing at intake. Transfer credit varies by transcript. Our completion fee is separate from WGU tuition.
Career outcomes
What graduates do with a B.A. Special Education
Special education is the persistent-shortage corner of teaching: national projections look flat, but SPED openings go unfilled every year, which is why districts pay stipends and forgive loans for it.
| Role (BLS occupation) | 2024 median pay | Projected growth 2024-34 |
|---|---|---|
| Special education teachers | $64,270 | 1% decline |
| Kindergarten and elementary school teachers | $62,310 | 2% decline |
Figures are U.S. national medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2024 median annual pay and projected employment change from 2024 to 2034. Pay varies by state, employer, and experience. What happens after a WGU degree: employers, salary surveys, and the already-employed vs career-changer split.
Bottlenecks
Where does the WGU special education degree usually stall?
What we see most from future special education teachers:
- IEP and law PAs returned for revision because compliance language missed the rubric
- The ABA course postponed for weeks by someone with real classroom instinct but no academic writing time
- Para workdays plus observation hours leaving no evening longer than 40 minutes
- A final term where student teaching collides with three unfinished core courses
Only need one course finished? Single OA / PA / CU completion starts at $99. Message us the course code for a fixed quote. See full package pricing.
The plan
What does the 6-month special education plan look like?
Months 1-2
Professional core plus the special education curriculum course first, with the first behavior or assessment PA submitted early so evaluator feedback shapes the pipeline.
Months 3-4
Law, IEP collaboration, and the literacy-math strategies courses clear weekly, paced around preclinical observation hours and your school's calendar.
Months 5-6
Remaining academic CUs close before student teaching peaks. Revision rounds finished inside the buffer; the written finish date holds.
Guides
Guides for the B.A. Special Education
Questions, answered
No. Preclinical observation hours, clinical experiences, and student teaching are live, in-person requirements and stay with you. We complete the academic assessments around them: OAs, PAs, and graded tasks.
Yes, that is exactly who the Mild to Moderate B.A. is built for. If your state instead requires dual licensure in elementary and special education, look at the dual program. We confirm fit against your remaining course list at intake.
The bachelor's package is $3,000 flat, which covers the agreed remaining academic CUs with the written 6-month finish guarantee. A single blocking course starts at $99 with a fixed quote first. Coursework Ninja is independent of WGU.
Yes. Compliance-heavy PAs are our daily work: the evaluator's rubric is mapped line by line, the submission is built against it, and revisions are driven until it passes.
Usually yes, and paras are the best completion case because the content matches your daily work. We size weekly targets around your school calendar and put the finish date in writing before you pay.
Per student report, the professional core papers and the late methods course. The catalog places D663 The Professional Educator and D664 Learners and Learning Science in term 1, D661 Creating Positive Learning Environments in term 3, D659 Assessing and Monitoring Student Learning in term 4, and D769 Secondary Literacy Methods and Interventions in term 7, the MTSS reading-intervention course. Each has its own completion page, and the full remaining list folds into the $3,000 bachelor's package with the written 6-month guarantee.
Coursework Ninja is an independent done-for-you degree completion service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Western Governors University.
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