• Eastern Michigan University?s advanced professional education programs develop leaders who demonstrate reflective thought and scholarship within the context of a culturally diverse society.
  • In addition, the master?s-level programs in the Department of Special Education produce professionals with the comprehensive knowledge, skills and attitudes to deliver a continuum of habilitative/rehabilitative services to persons with special needs, and to their families, within a diverse society.
  • The Department of Special Education, and Communication Sciences and Disorders is one of the largest and most comprehensive special education, and communication sciences and disorders units in the country.?
  • Graduates from the department at Eastern Michigan University have been recognized for their work in the field locally and nationally. They have distinguished themselves as program directors, school superintendents and college instructors. Several of the department's graduates have been named Teacher of the Year in their respective communities.