PREP Project -- Masters Program

Preparing Relationship-based Early Intervention &

Early Childhood Special Education Personnel:

PREP II Project

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

 

The Infancy and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) program in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been awarded federal funding (PREP II Project) for students interested in earning a master's degree, with an emphasis on working with young children, ages birth to six, with disabilities and their families.  Students may chose to focus on Infancy (children aged birth to three) and /or Preschool (children aged three to six years).

This ECSE master's degree (Ed.M.) is a 2 year full-time program of study on the Champaign-Urbana campus.  There are no online courses at the present time.  If accepted into the master's program, funding consists of a traineeship stipend, a tuition waiver, and waiver of some fees.  Funding is limited and awarded on a competitive basis .  Attached to this funding is a service obligation to be fulfilled after completion of the degree.

Interested individuals should apply to the graduate program (master's degree) in the Department of Special Education.  For more information about the application process and admission deadlines, visit http://education.illinois.edu/sped/AdmissionsMaster.html.  Applicants should indicate their interest in the PREP II project funding in their goal statements.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Dr. Mary-alayne Hughes, Project Director, (mahughes@uiuc.edu)
Department of Special Education, Main Office Phone 217-333-0260