幼儿特殊教育计划为学生提供从出生到八岁的儿童工作的机会，这些儿童被确定为发育迟缓和残疾的风险。该专业结合了幼儿和特殊教育的研究。特殊教育计划的任务是为优秀的教师提供培训，而残疾学生经常需要这些老师的服务，但教育部认为，还有许多其他学生可以从高质量的教学中受益。完成该课程将仅获得教育学士学位。该专业不具备学生的教学证书资格。毕业生通常会在不需要认证的私立儿童发展中心，政府机构或学区职位中寻找工作。
This plan of study is designed to prepare personnel to work with children from birth through eight years who have been identified as at-risk for developmental delay and disability and with their families. The major combines studies in Early Childhood and Special Education.<br><br>Students in this major typically seek employment as a paraeducator, in private child development centers or other governmental agencies, they do not qualify for a teaching certificate.<br><br>This non-teaching endorsement program offered through the Department of Education Leadership and Inclusive Teaching was designed to prepare graduates to work with families and children with disabilities or at-risk in a variety of non-school based settings/programs. This rigorous major combines content in Special Education with that in Early Childhood. Throughout the program, students develop skills that enable them to synthesize knowledge of development, assessment, evidence-based intervention, family systems, and the legal/social/political context in which they work with the goal of supporting children and families.