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Special Education
Program Description
The Special Education graduate programs offer doctoral specializations, master's degrees, and graduate certificates including teacher education and licensure coursework. The programs provide professionals with the specialized knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions needed to meet the educational needs of children with special needs. The licensure curricula are based on the standards of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and meet the requirements of the Virginia Department of Education. Other areas of study include applied behavior analysis and assistive technology. The applied behavior analysis certificate is based on the standard of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.
News and Announcements
Doctoral Grant in Special Education Funded
Full tuition and other financial support for doctoral students selected to participate in a newly-funded special education doctoral grant are available.
George Mason University Special Education Programs Funding Opportunity
A funded research grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Educational Sciences and Penn State University is seeking qualified applicants for 20 hour a week research assistantships for the academic year 2008-2009.
Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis
Advanced PVBIA / Practicum in Applied Behavior Analysis is a cooperative arrangement between member families of POAC-Northern Virginia and the George Mason University Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities.
The purposes of this program are two-fold:
Michael Behrmann Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
 Michael Behrmann Receives Award |
Michael Behrmann, director of the Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities and professor in the Graduate School of Education, has devoted his career to generating new ideas and concepts in technology, improving services to children and developing innovative personnel preparation programs.
Course Examines Human Disabilities and American Culture
Imagine being one of the nearly 600 million people in the world living with a disability. Your day-to-day life could be very different from those around you, and it’s quite possible you feel misunderstood by others who have preconceived notions about what it means to be a person with a disability.
Off-campus location for Summer 2008
The location for some EDSE courses on Patriotweb is listed as OCL (off campus location). The following EDSE courses will be held at Fairfax High School (http://www.fcps.edu/maps/fairhs.htm).
Doctoral Grant in Special Education Funded
Full tuition and other financial support for doctoral students selected to participate in a newly-funded special education doctoral grant are available.
Experiencing an Onion Cell: How Students with Disabilities Learn about Science
University Professors Margo Mastropieri and Thomas Scruggs in Mason’s Graduate School of Education have dedicated much of their research careers to studying how students with special needs learn.
ASTL Information Sessions
Attend a one hour information session to learn more about ASTL's certificate and degree program options. ASTL coursework is aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards*.
Doctoral Leadership Cohort Program
$20,000 in annual TUITION, FELLOWSHIPS, TRAVEL AND RESEARCH SUPPLIES
newly funded Doctoral Leadership Cohort Program in Special Education is beginning in the Fall semester 2007 at George Mason University.
CEHD Faculty Named as University Professors
CEHD faculty, Margo Mastropieri and Thomas Scruggs were named by George Mason University as University Professors.
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