About Special Education PhD
The goals of the Special Education doctoral study are as follows:
- to prepare doctoral students who will generate new knowledge and are able to apply this knowledge to the field of special education.
- to provide a program of study that prepares doctoral students to have a strong and broad-based knowledge of special education which they are able to apply in a variety of diverse school settings.
- to advance knowledge and research through doctoral education of the learning and development of children who require specialized instruction, educational adaptations, and support for their learning efforts to succeed.
- to train students who can be critical producers and consumers of both quantitative and qualitative research.
Program milestones:
Activities while in the program (conferences, student teaching): As part of ongoing student mentoring by faculty each doctoral student is expected to engage in professional development activities in the following three areas, which we have termed Doctoral Program Professional Development Activities:
- College teaching and practicum supervision experiences
- Professional writing for refereed journals, grants, and conference presentations
- Service to the profession
For more information contact the program specialeducation [at] umass [dot] edu (specialeducation[at]umass[dot]edu).