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Search our Personnel Preparation Programs database to find community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, school districts or regional resource centers that will prepare you to work with infants, children and youth with disabilities and their families.

There are over 1400 personnel preparation programs in the database. You can search for programs by state, degree desired, type of career/certification and age of students you will eventually serve. Select as many search terms as you wish and then click the "Search" button.

Programs that offer tuition assistance are funded by the US DOE Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). To find ONLY those programs funded by OSEP be sure and click on the ‘OSEP’ box at the bottom of the page.

Need more help? Call us at 1-866-BECOME1 and we will help you find the program you are seeking.

Although OSEP funds several preparation programs in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP), to find all of the SLP preparation programs nationwide, use this link to the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association's preparation programs database for Masters level preparation programs in Speech-Language Pathology.

Are you a preparation program administrator and want to have your program listed in our database? Click here to add your preparation program to the Personnel Center's database.

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Program Characteristics

Which degree/certification would you like to earn?

Associates

BS / BA / B.Ed.

Doctorate (Ed.D./Ph.D.)

MA / MS / M.Ed.

Ed.S.

Post Baccalaureate

State or Professional License/Certificate

Which position(s) would you like to be prepared for?

All

Adaptive Physical Education Teacher

Administrator

Assistive Technology Specialist

Audiologist

College or University Faculty

Early Intervention Provider (Birth to 3 yrs. of age)

Early Childhood Teacher (serves students ages 3-6 yrs old)

Educational Diagnostician

Interpreter for the Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Occupational Therapist

Orientation Mobility Specialist

Paraprofessional / Instructional Assistant

Physical Therapist

Researcher

School Counselor

School Psychologist

Transition Specialist for Secondary Students

Special Education - Classroom Teacher (working with students with various disabilities in self-contained or resource room settings)

Special Education - Collaborative / Inclusion Teacher (consults and / or co-teaches with general classroom teacher)

Speech / Language Pathologist

Vocational Special Education Teacher

Specific Student (Infant - 21 Years of Age) Demographic Focus:

All

Infant/Preschool

Elementary

Secondary Level

English Language Learner

Rural Setting

Urban Setting

Culturally Diverse

What other program characteristics are you interested in?
Checking the "OSEP Funded Program" box below will LIMIT your search to ONLY those programs that have a combination of the above characteristics checked and OSEP Funded Programs. Leaving the box unchecked will allow you to view ALL programs including those with the above characteristics and OSEP Funded Programs.

OSEP-funded Program (Possible tuition assistance)

Distance Education (Program is delivered primarily through a distance education format)

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