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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.

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SUMMER 2019 SP ED 2012/5012
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Summer 2019 SP ED 5021/6021 Permission Request

Summer 2019 SP ED 5022/6022 Permission Request

 Current Grant Funding

For other funding and scholarship opportunities, see COST above.


Sensory Impairments
Teacher Preparation Grant

The Department of Special Education/Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program in Sensory Impairments has been awarded a Teacher Preparation Grant from the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education. This five year project will provide $1,244,230 to support the preparation of teachers who will work with students with sensory impairments (students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Visual Impairments and Deafblind). The grant is managed by principal investigator Dr. Chris Bischke. Scholars will receive $5,000 per semester for up to six semesters. Graduate scholars may be eligible for a tuition waiver. Interested persons can contact Dr. Bischke at chris.bischke@utah.edu.

 

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 Special Education is all about at the University of Utah

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Sensory Impairment Programs

 

What's Happening in SPED

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Dr. Rob O’Neill receives the 2018 TASH Distinguished Reviewer Award

Congratulations to Dr. O'Neill on this wonderful accomplishment!

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Peer Partners in the Elementary Art Classroom Lead to Growth for Students With and Without Disabilities

Jonathan Hale was teaching art at both Jordan Valley School, a school for students with severe and multiple disabilities, and Sprucewood Elementary School in Utah’s Canyons School District when he had an idea—what if he brought students from Jordan Valley into the art classroom at Sprucewood to work in grade level peer pairs?

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Mickey Ibarra
SPED Alumnus, Mickey Ibarra, receives Mexico's highest honor - the Ohtli Award

For Mickey Ibarra, advocacy has always been a way of life. That lifetime of advocacy has earned Ibarra the highest honor bestowed by the Government of Mexico — the Ohtli Award — in recognition of his contributions to the well-being, prosperity and empowerment of Latino communities in the U.S.

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Upcoming Events

2018-2019  J. George Jones, Jr and Velma Rife Jones Endowed Lecture Series

Free Screening of
INTELLIGENT LIVES

A to Z Braille Workshop >>

Benjamin CrumpBenjamin Crump, J.D.

March 26th
5:00 pm
SAEC Auditorium

 

Using the Law as a Weapon

Through a steadfast dedication to justice and service, renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers and advocates for social justice. He has worked on some of the most high-profile cases in the U.S., representing the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Stephon Clark, among others. He has been nationally recognized as the 2014 NNPA Newsmaker of the Year, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, and Ebony Magazine Power 100 Most Influential African Americans. In 2016, he was designated as an Honorary Fellow by the University of Pennsylvania College of Law. He is the founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law.

From award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib comes Intelligent Lives, a catalyst to transform the label of intellectual disability from a life sentence of isolation into a life of possibility for the most systematically segregated people in America.

April 1, 2019   7:00pm
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
138 W. Broadway
Salt Lake City

For further information click HERE>>

A to Z Braille:
Uncontracted Braille for
ReadingPartners
University of Utah (SPED 5960)
1 credit hour
Have you always wanted to learn to read braille?

Monday, June 10 -
Thursday, June 13, 2019
4:30-7:30pm

Register here>>

Locations: U of U Salt Lake Campus (Distance sites possible. Note: Distance sites must be requested no later than May 1st, no exceptions.)
Instructor: Kate Borg, TVI

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Last Updated: 3/22/19