Special Education – Graduate

The Department of Special and Early Childhood Education creates innovative partnerships with schools, families and communities in order to prepare special education professionals who:

• serve as caring intellectuals in working with students with disabilities and their families.
• possess the skills to function as effective collaborators (with students, families and professional colleagues), advocates and leaders in the school and community to enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities.
• honor diversity and support the inclusion and full participation of individuals with disabilities within a mainstream school and community settings to the maximum extent possible.
• are reflective practitioners striving to become lifelong learners continuously updating their knowledge and skills.
• base their professional decisions on empirical evidence.
• use problem-solving strategies to improve the effectiveness of educational planning, curricula and instruction.

Graduate Program Options

• Master of Science in Education
• Early Childhood Special Education Accelerated Licensure Program
• K-12 Special Education Accelerated Licensure Program
• Director of Special Education and Pupil Services Licensure/Certificate
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing Licensure Program