特殊教育和残疾人领导力集中培训主要是为在特殊教育领域中担任领导职务的个人设计的。重点放在发展与特殊教育人员发展，研究，问题和政策有关的主题的深入知识上。在外部环境（实习部分）中应用技能：学生将在学校，代理商或公司环境中的专业职位上展示其知识和技能。教师顾问和实习现场主管共同评估学生。发展研究知识和技能（研究部分）：学生将获得设计，进行和解释定性和定量设计研究必不可少的先决条件技能。学生将通过资格考试证明这一知识和技能，该考试由至少两名教职员工独立评估。为了解决评分者之间的可靠性，如果两位教师在学生的知识水
The special education and disability leadership concentration is designed primarily for individuals employed in leadership positions in the field of special education. Emphasis in this concentration is placed on developing in-depth knowledge about topics as they pertain to personnel development, research, issues and policies in special education. Apply skills in external setting (externship component): Students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a professional placement in a school, agency or corporate setting. The faculty adviser and the externship site supervisor work together to evaluate the student. Develop research knowledge and skills (research component): Students will acquire the prerequisite skills essential to designing, conducting and interpreting qualitative and quantitative design research. Students will demonstrate this knowledge and skill set on a qualifying examination, which is independently evaluated by at least two faculty members. To address inter-rater reliability, if the two faculty members disagree on the student's level of knowledge, a third faculty member is called in to evaluate the student's responses on the qualifying examination. This exam is also graded blindly, meaning that the evaluator does not know which student he or she is evaluating.