在学习，认知，指导和发展集中的特殊教育专业领域，学生可以准备就与面临特殊教育风险或接受特殊教育服务的学生有关的关键问题进行高质量的研究。由于可以通过文化，系统，交易，行为，发展，结构和其他视角来查看特殊教育问题，因此鼓励学生从多个理论和研究角度考察该领域。该专业的教师对以下方面感兴趣：学术和社会情感行为预防和干预，跨学科合作，特殊教育政策，循证标准以及评估，探究，课程和学习的定量方法。我们的学生在教室，学校和社区的日常现实中玩耍时，探索这些区域之间的相互关系。
The specialization in Special Education within the Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development concentration prepares students to conduct high-quality research on critical issues regarding students at risk for, or receiving services in special education. As special education issues can be viewed through cultural, systemic, transactional, behavioral, developmental, structural, and other lenses, students are encouraged to examine the field from multiple theoretical and research perspectives. Faculty in this specialization are interested in: academic and social-emotional-behavioral prevention and intervention, interdisciplinary collaboration, special education policy, evidenced-based standards, and quantitative methodological approaches to assessment, inquiry, curriculum, and learning. Our students explore the interrelationships between these areas as they play out in the everyday realities of classrooms, schools, and communities.