College of Education
About Educational Psychology and Special Education
Winner of the 1998 University System of Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award
We invite you to join us as a student in one of the most dynamic departments at Georgia State and in Georgia. We provide our students with excellent preparation for many careers in education. We strive to build constructive and professional relationships with our students whom we consider to be future colleagues in the educational enterprises so important to our society.
The Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education (EPSE) employs a sophisticated process to advise students, which includes an initial meetings at which students receive a detailed Student Handbook. The handbook covers the steps in acquiring a degree or certification in specific programs. An EPSE faculty member provides and overview of the program requirements and answers questions. Each student then meets individually with a faculty advisor and plans a program of study, which is signed by the student, the faculty advisor, and the department chairperson. The Georgia Professional Standards Commission was so impressed with the Planned Program Form for our teacher preparation that it has used it as a model and recommended it for adoption at the other teacher training programs in the state of Georgia. Students also receive support and encouragement for professional development from our faculty. It is not unusual for students to present papers with faculty members at national and state professional meetings. In addition, many post-masters students have co-authored research studies with faculty that have been published in prominent journals.
Our faculty members are involved in a broad range of activities including:
- The Coalition for the Study of Adult Literacy is currently conducting a large NIH funded research project on different approaches to teaching adult learners how to read better.
- The Georgia Sensory Assistance Project provides technical assistance to children and youth with deafblindness from birth through 21 years of age and to their families and service providers.
- Project SCEIs: Skilled Credential Early Interventionists. This project funded by The Georgia Department of Human Resources provides training throughout Georgia to those who serve infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
- The Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, which provides clinical services to the university and public community.
- Two assistive technology labs, with one assistive technology lab specializing in Physical and Learning Impairments and the second lab specializing in Sensory Impairments, Augmentative Communication, and Daily Living Skills.
Application or admission questions should be directed to the Office of Academic Assistance for the College of Education at 404-413-8000, OR the departmental student intake specialist, Sandy Vaughn-Williams (svaughn@gsu.edu) or 404-413-8318.