Our mission is to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and their families by developing and disseminating essential skills, knowledge, and values through research, teaching, and service.
Freshman & Transfer 2020-21 New Student Orientation
Summer 2021 permission code request forms for:
Fall 2021 permission code request forms for:
Current Grant Funding
For other funding and scholarship opportunities, see COST above.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Funding available for students pursuing degrees/licensure in teaching children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Project TVISP
Funding available in a collaboration between students pursuing a graduate degree/licensure in visual impairments and students pursuing a graduate degree in school psychology.
Bachelor’s Programs
(with licensure)
• Severe Disabilities
• Visual Impairments
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Preschool Special Education & Early Intervention
Master’s Programs
(with or without licensure)
• Severe Disabilities
• Visual Impairments
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Preschool Special Education & Early Intervention
• Deafblind
• BCBA
Graduate Non-Degree Seeking Options
• Severe Disabilities
• Visual Impairments
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• Preschool Special Education & Early Intervention
• Deafblind
• BCBA
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What's Happening in SPED

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Ivy on Deafblind collaboration Grant Award
Dr. Sarah Ivy (PI) and Dr. Lori Richards (co-PI) were awarded $1,000,000 for Project TSDBOT: Special Education Teachers with Endorsement in Deafblindness and Occupational Therapists Collaborating through an Interdisciplinary Program to Improve Services from the United States Department of Education

Congratulations to Dr. Wesley Wilson on collaborative Grant Award in Adapted PE
The Adapted Physical Education (APE) Program in the Department of Special Education and the Speech-Language Pathology Program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) have recently been awarded a five-year, $1 million U.S. Department of Education grant.
Alta High School to Pilot U of U College of Education Intro to Special Education
Shamby Polychronis met with high school students to learn about the pilot class offered at their school next term.

VSA Intersections Conference
Special Education faculty held a morning workshop at the recent VSA Intersections Conference: Arts and Special Education in Irvine, CA.
Upcoming Events
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