🚨Proposed Changes to “Professional Degree” 🚨 As special educators, psychologists, BCBAs, SLPs, OTs, PTs, and early childhood professionals, we need to be paying attention to this one. The U.S. Department of Education has proposed narrowing the federal definition of a “professional degree.” What’s the problem? Many of the degrees that train the backbone of school-based and clinical special-education services would no longer count. ❌ School Psychology (Ed.S., Psy.S.) ❌ Applied Behavior Analysis