Special education is the training process carried out in appropriate environments with specially trained personnel and it aims to develop training programs and methods to meet the educational self-confidence and competence requirements of individuals who differ significantly from the expected level in terms of their individual characteristics and educational competencies.
The Department of Special Education aims to produce theoretical and practical knowledge that can be used in our country and abroad in the field of special education and to train qualified special education teacher candidates who can be employed in our country and abroad, especially in public and private institutions affiliated with the Ministry of National Education. In addition, it aims to contribute to the development of its field by developing solution proposals related to special education at the national and international levels.
The Department of Special Education was established in 1992 within the Faculty of Education of Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University. The Department of Special Education, which started accepting students within the scope of undergraduate education in 2020, continues its activities with 1 Associate Professors, nine assistant professors, two research assistants, and other three research assistants assigned to different universities to complete their graduate education. In addition, it also contributes to the course needs related to special education in other departments and programs of our faculty.