Will Learning Sign Language Help With a Degree in Special Education?

I agree with PinkyMoo…her answer is very accurate and detailed.

I am a Teacher of the Deaf working in a mainstream regular education setting with special education teachers. When my students move into the district and come into their classroom, they (the sped teachers) panic because they have never learned or experienced sign language…and it leaves them scrambling to learn basic communication. You wouldn't believe how many sped teachers I have worked with say, "I wish I would have taken a basic course". It's always a bonus to learn it, no matter what area of education you're in.