M.Ed. Special Education

At Regis University, you’ll learn the practice of teaching from a perspective that emphasizes the heart and mind of education. Our family of programs is grounded in the Jesuit tradition that emphasizes development of the whole person. This tradition informs how our faculty teach, and how we train our graduates to teach.

With an emphasis on meeting the needs of diverse learners, our course work goes beyond academic instruction to include advocacy and well-being for the learners as well as educators. You’ll gain a strong foundation in evidence-based supports and interventions within multi-tiered systems, universal design for learning and the development of the whole child.

As a dedicated special education teacher, you’ll gain increased confidence and competence in areas such as I.E.P. development including transition services, social, emotional, and behavioral supports and intervention, restorative practices and researched-based strategies. During the last semester of your master’s degree, you’ll have passed both licensure exams and be paired with a qualified special education teacher for student teaching to put the theories and strategies you’ve learned into practice.