Your donations will make a difference for the Department of Special Education! We prepare students for careers as
- Special educators and administrators
- Behavior analysts
- Deaf educators
- American Sign Language /Deaf studies
- Curriculum developers.
We are proud of our students and the quality of our alumni and work to recruit students to help combat the shortage of teachers in over 70% of the school districts in Indiana.
Your donations help us support a variety of learning experiences for students beyond academics, including scholarships, involvement in student and community organizations, and research. There are four separate funds available in our department!
You can direct your donation to support programs specific to Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism. Contributions to this fund help advance innovative, time-efficient, and cost-effective treatments that empower individuals with ASD to reach their full potential. Your gift supports initiatives such as those led by the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder, along with other programs dedicated to research, training, and services in this field. To contribute, select Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Programs from the links below.
We pride ourselves in providing unique learning opportunities for our students. Our programs utilize cutting edge technologies to equip our students with tools to be successful in the workforce. This lab and its success are sustained by your generous donations. Our adaptive TEACH Lab allows our students to learn how to incorporate adaptive and assistive technologies into their teaching practices. To support the TEACH Lab, select that option from the list below.
The Department of Special Education offers several scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate students. The Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Special Education Scholarship was made possible through the generosity of the Avis Foundation, Inc. The Inclusive Excellence Scholarship provides financial support to a new or current student in one of the master’s or doctoral degree programs in the Department of Special Education. If you wish for your support to specifically support this scholarship, please choose the last option in the list below.
Any dollars given that are not designated into a specific area go to the general fund for the department. Those funds are used for initiatives such as:
- Support student scholarships
- Purchase instructional materials
- Support faculty research through special equipment purchases
- Support faculty professional development.
It is with the help of your generous donations that we can continue to deliver the highest quality special education programs to our students in one of the highest-ranked education programs in the state and beyond.
Please select from the menu below where you would like your gift to benefit our students. 
| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NONE | 0 |
| 1 | AA | 0 |
| 1 | AE | 0 |
