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Welcome to the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the only department solely committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities.

Our programs prepare graduates in entry-level and leadership positions to work with, or on behalf of, people with disabilities, their families, rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, and counselor educators; special education teachers and teacher educators; and rehabilitation and special education researchers.

Please watch the videos that describe each of the two department programs.

News Spotlight

RPSE WELCOMES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

Aydin Bal, Ph.D., Melinda Leko, Ph.D., and Wendy Machalicek, Ph.D., BCBA-D, have joined our Special Education faculty in Fall 2009. (More details)

DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE

We are pleased to announce that the online edition of our inaugural departmental newsletter, The disABILITY Advocate, is now available HERE.
The online edition includes extra information such as faculty publications, expanded updates from our alumni and color photographs. We hope you enjoy reading about what our students, faculty and alumni are up to.