特殊教育者的作用超出了他们对残疾学生生活的日常影响，它也是倡导者的作用，影响社会障碍并改变社区。情绪和行为残疾儿童特殊教育（EBD）计划的研究生将获得必要的知识和技能，以成为高素质的特殊教育者，与面对学习，情感和行为挑战的各类学生一起工作。该课程的毕业生将有资格获得特殊教育的教师执照-情绪障碍（ED），学习障碍（LD）和智力障碍（ID）。EBD计划中强调了专业发展学校（PDS）的模式，将理论和教学实践结合在一起，以便第二天在大学教室中学习的概念可以与EBD学生一起使用。在此模型中，研究生们通过他们的课程学
Graduate students in the Special Education for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBD) program gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become highly qualified special educators working with a diverse population of students with learning, emotional, and behavioral challenges.<br><br>Graduates of the program will be eligible for teacher licensure in Special Education - Emotional Disturbance (ED), Learning Disability (LD), and Intellectual Disabilities (ID).<br><br>A Professional Development School (PDS) model is emphasized in the program, blending theory and practice of learning to teach, so that concepts learned in a university classroom can be applied the next day to work with students with challenging behaviors in their full-time, clinical internship in a therapeutic school setting.