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School of Special Education

Director: Hasan Zaghlawan, Ph.D.

Location: McKee 44D

Telephone: 970-351-1648

Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/special-education/

Faculty: Sandra K. Bowen, Ph.D.; Paula W. Conroy, Ed.D.; Silvia Correa-Torres, Ed.D.; Tracy Gershwin, Ph.D.; Katrine S. Gosselin, Ph.D.; Amy Graefe, Ph.D.; Corey D. Pierce, Ph.D.; Lori Y. Peterson, Ph.D.; Nancy Sileo, Ed.D.; Todd H. Sundeen, Ph.D.; Laura A. Trapp, Ph.D.; Jennifer Urbach, Ph.D.; Hasan Zaghlawan, Ph.D.

Course(s) Offered (Prefix):

• EDS — Education of Diverse Students
• EDSE — Special Education

Program(s) Offered:

• Master's Degree
  • Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration M.A. with dual licensure as a Principal and Special Education Director
• Special Education MA
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Concentration
  • Early Childhood Special Education Concentration
  • Generalist Concentration
  • Gifted Education Specialist Endorsement
  • Intervention Specialist: Academic Coaching and Leadership Concentration
  • Visual Impairment Concentration
• Educational Specialists Degree
  • Educational Leadership and Special Education Administration
• Doctoral Degree
  • Special Education Ph.D.
• Doctoral Minor
  • Special Education Minor
• Teacher Licensure
  • Director of Gifted Education Endorsement
  • Early Childhood Special Education Endorsement (Ages 0-8 years) 
  • Gifted Education Core Endorsement (Ages 4-21)
  • Gifted Education Specialist Endorsement (Ages 4-21)
  • School Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Endorsement (Ages 0-21)
  • Special Education Director
  • Special Education Generalist Endorsement (Ages 5-21 yrs)
• Graduate Certificate
  • Gifted Education (Non-Endorsement)
  • Teaching Students with Autism (TSA)

The School of Special Education offers one of the most comprehensive training programs for special educators (undergraduate, master's, doctoral) in the nation. UNC is the only institution in a six-state region that offers degree programs in special education in all areas of exceptionality. Special programs associated with special education include the Summer Enrichment Program for the Gifted and Talented, the Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities, and an annual Special Education Summer Symposia Series in Vail, Colorado featuring renowned speakers.

Faculty in Special Education are nationally recognized, have published in their respective areas, presented papers at prestigious conferences and have many of their publications translated into several foreign languages. Numerous program and research grants provide support for professional development and student scholarships at the graduate levels.