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Department of Special Education
Special Education
- Special Education (PhD)
- Special Education (MEd)
- Special Education (BS)
- Behavior Analysis Certification Program
- Research
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Student Funding Opportunities
- Academic Excellence for Students with Emotional Disturbance
- Building Capacity to Better Serve Students with Emotional Disturbances
- Culturally Responsive Academic Instruction for Students with Specific Learning Disability
- Doctoral Training in Learning Disabilities
- Doctoral Training in Severe Disabilities
- Early Childhood Special Education
- Improve the Education of Students with High-Incidence Disabilities
- Multidisciplinary Program in Severe Disabilities
- Preparation of Personnel for Young Children with Autism and Their Families
- Preparation of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
- Randomized Field Trials
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SPED Student Funding Opportunities
Funding for Special Education department study
All admitted Ph.D. students receive funding for up to five years of study. Those invited to join us will receive a financial package which includes full tuition, a monthly stipend competitive with any college of education in the nation, and health insurance. Based upon presented qualifications, the college will nominate select students for additional honor scholarships and fellowships awarded by both the college and the graduate school. These merit awards supplement the baseline college award.
Master's students are typically eligible for full tuition funding through a number of Department of Education grants because of the national shortage in teachers of special education. Our graduates typically receive multiple offers of employment in the geographic region of their choice upon graduation.
Below is a list of grants in specific areas of study available to Peabody students:
Ph.D. student funding
Doctoral Training in Early Childhood Special Education
- Full tuition, monthly living stipend, full-time status
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- Faculty contact: Ann P. Kaiser , 615-322-8160
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
- Applications are available online
Doctoral Training in Emotional Disturbance
- Full tuition, monthly living stipend, full-time status
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- Faculty contact: Joseph Wehby , 615-322-8186
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Doctoral Leadership Training in Learning Disabilities
- Full tuition, monthly living stipend, full-time status
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- Faculty contact: Donald Compton , 615-322-8282
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Doctoral Training in Severe Disabilities and Autism
- Full tuition, monthly living stipend, full-time status
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- Faculty contact: Craig H. Kennedy , 615-322-8185
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Doctoral Training in Randomized Field Trials of Instructional Interventions with Associated Emphasis in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
- Full tuition, monthly living stipend in exchange for 20 hours/week of research, full-time status
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- Faculty contact: Donald Compton , 615-322-8282
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Funding for M.Ed. programs
Building Capacity to Better Serve Students with Emotional Disturbances
- Full or part time funding
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- Faculty contact Kathleen Lane, 615-322-8282
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Collaborating with General Educators to Improve the Education of Students with High-Incidence Disabilities
- Full-time funding for up to 39 credit hours, monthly living stipend
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- Faculty contact Kim Paulsen, 615-322-8170
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Culturally Responsive Academic Instruction for Students with Specific Learning Disability
- Full tuition leading to an M.Ed. degree, stipend, support for full-time students only, admission for fall, spring, and summer semesters
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- Faculty contacts: Donald Compton, 615-322-8282, or Carolyn Hughes, 615-322-8189
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
The Effects of Strategy and Self-Regulation Instruction on Students' Writing Performance and Behavior: A Preventative Approach (Project WRITE)
- This is a research grant funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences to study the effects of writing interventions for second grade students with difficulties in writing and behavioral performance
- Tuition waivers and monthly stipend for doctoral master's level students
- Faculty contact: Kathleen Lane, 615-322-8179
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Multidisciplinary Program in Severe Disabilities
- Funding for 30 credit hours plus a monthly living stipend
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- Faculty contact: Carolyn Hughes, 615-322-8189
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Preparation of Personnel for Young Children with Autism and Their Families
- Full tuition support for the master's degree, stipend, including the summer months, available only for full-time students
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- Faculty contact: Mark Wolery, 615-322-8282
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Preparation of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
- Full tuition traineeships available leading to an M.Ed. degree, admission for fall or spring semesters, part-time and full-time opportunities, classes begin at 4:10 p.m., flexible practicum experiences for fall, spring, and summer sessions
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- Faculty contact: Craig Kennedy
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Scaling-Up Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies to Strengthen Reading Achievement
- This is a research grant funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences to student variables associated with reading instruction at kindergarten and fourth-grade levels
- Tuition waivers and monthly stipend for doctoral or master's level students
- Faculty contact: Lynn Fuchs, 615-343-4782
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Understanding/Preventing Math Problem Solving Disability
- This is a research grant funded by the National Institutes of Health to study procedures for enhancing third graders' development of mathematical problem solving.
- Tuition waivers and monthly stipend for doctoral or master's level students
- Faculty contact: Lynn Fuchs, 615-343-4782
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195
Understanding/Preventing Math Disability
- This is a research grant funded by the National Institutes of Health to study procedures for enhancing first graders' development of arithmetic skill.
- Tuition waivers and monthly stipend for doctoral or master's level students
- Faculty contact: Lynn Fuchs, 615-343-4782
- General information contact: Jennifer Hinton, 615-322-8195