希望成为特殊教育老师的学生通常会寻求特殊教育学士学位（SPED），尽管有些毕业生可能会在非学校（例如住宅或职业）环境中与残障人士一起工作。攻读SPED的学生将学习基于证据的策略，以与残疾人在不同环境和跨支持系统中合作。课程内容包括特定于教学和适应残疾学生的学术内容的内容，评估和制定个性化教育计划（IEP），课堂和行为管理策略，家庭和专业合作，残疾学生的教育和辅助技术以及对残疾学生的理解残疾学生的发展。特殊教育者（有时也称为干预专家）教有多种残疾的人，包括学习障碍，情绪和行为障碍，ADHD /其他健康障碍，
The Deaf Education concentration prepares candidates to work with deaf and hard-of-hearing students across inclusion, itinerant, resource room and self-contained public and residential classroom settings. Extensive field and teaching lab experiences optimize this preparation in combination with coursework in literacy, mathematics, science and social studies that help prepare students to take specific assessments to become designated as highly qualified teachers in deaf education, reading and mathematics. Instructional methods are comprehensive in nature and provide the unique strategies necessary to address issues concomitant with hearing loss, including language development in both English and American Sign Language, use of bilingual-bicultural methodologies and various assistive and instructional technologies. The hierarchical coursework sequence concludes with thematic unit instruction that prepares graduates to work with the core curriculum to address all academic content areas, as well as transition and students with additional needs. Graduates are eligible to apply for Ohio licensure to teach deaf and hard-of-hearing students in prekindergarten to 12th grade.