Register for an information session
Celebrating National Special Education Day
Get Inspired
Click here to view application deadline and instructions
Welcome to the Special Education Department
Read more about Ivor Weiner's Achievements

Special Education

Welcome from Dean Shari Tarver Behring

We are proud that the Michael D. Eisner College of Education remains one of the largest Colleges of Education in the CSU system, providing to our surrounding communities hundreds of outstanding new professionals in the fields of education, counseling, administration, and Deaf Studies. The Eisner College engages in transformative education and initiatives that put into practice our commitment to social justice, equity, access, and inclusion, and supporting the social-emotional well-being of university, school, and community members. I am grateful to our talented faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners, all instrumental in ensuring the excellence of our educational programs and community-serving centers. We have much to celebrate as we send forth our students to make positive contributions to our world!

Dean Shari Tarver Behring

Special Education News

Office of Special Education Programs Awards Grant to Project REACH IT

September 27, 2023

Congratulations to Sami Toews and Fatmana Deniz with Amy Hanreddy for winning an OSEP grant for Project REACH IT. Project REACH IT has four goals: 1) recruit, retain, and increase the percentage of multilingual, racially and ethnically diverse teachers to address the shortage of special educators prepared to serve students with high intensity needs; 2) prepare scholars to develop leadership skills to promote access and serve students with high-intensity needs within inclusive settings; 3) prepare skilled teachers to implement individualized, evidence-based, and culturally sustaining practices to support diverse students with high-intensity needs and their families; and 4) prepare scholars who are self-determined reflective teachers through practice, feedback, and reflection and who foster self-determination skills in students with high-intensity needs. Read more

Transdisciplinary Bridge Project Receives Funding From Office of Special Education Programs

September 25, 2023

We pleased to share that the Transdisciplinary Bridge Project has been chosen to receive funding from the Office of Special Education Programs, totaling 1.25 million dollars over the next five years. This funding will help our Early Childhood Special Education Program establish groundbreaking collaboration across Masters degree programs at CSUN. Read more

Pages

More news...

Contact Us

Special Education
ED 1204
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8265

Phone: (818) 677-2596
Email: sped@csun.edu

The Special Education department office is open 8 AM to 5 PM. All office phone lines are also monitored 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday through Friday, so if we don’t immediately answer, please leave a voicemail. All phone calls will be returned. If you prefer, you may email us instead: sped@csun.edu

About the Special Education Department