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Special Education & Communication Disorders

College of Education & Human Sciences

Distance Education Opportunities
Are you prepared to work with families
and young children with developmental delays?
 photo of infant

Want to know more about young children (birth - age 5) with special needs?
Want to understand parent’s and professional’s roles in:
• Individualized Family Service Plans?
• Individualized Education Plans?
For graduate students in:
Physical Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Educational Psychology, Social Work, Nursing or Early Childhood Special Education
Distance Education:
Participate from your home, home campus, or home community via web, phone conferences or interactive TV broadcasts (TBA) For more information on UNL's Early Childhood Special Education distance program.
Consider any of these UNL grad courses to compliment your professional development program. Fall term begins in late August; Spring in early January, Summer Term in mid-May
(8 weeks).
SpEd 860 (3 cr) Issues in Early Childhood Special Ed (Fall)
* SpEd 861 (3 cr) Programs for Infants with Disabilities (Spring)
* SpEd 862 (3 cr) Teaching Preschool Children w/ Disabilities in a Classroom (Fall)
SpEd 863 (3 cr) Medically-fragile Infants (Summer)
SpEd 882 (3 cr) Programs for Students with Severe Disabilities (Fall)
SpEd 960 (3 cr) Family-Centered Services in Special Education (Spring/Summer)
* by permission of the instructor

To register:

1. Contact UNLGrad Studies.
2. If you are currently enrolled at UNK, UNO, UNMC, complete the NU Intercampus Registration Form to establish UNL admissions (no charge). See your advisor.
2. Once you have received the UNL PIN # you can register in the section associated with your community.
3. Log on to Blackboard to find the syllabus or see the Distance Education website or call (402) 472-0299

For information about Distance Education options in early childhood at other institutions see the 2007 Report.

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