This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to achieve a systematic mastery of special education and the laws, both locally and internationally, through the lenses of special education. Students will be able to extend and redefine existing knowledge from special education and place it in the context of the UAE. Students will analyze and synthesize current research and develop a deep and overarching knowledge of the field. Additionally, students will analyze, evaluate and make recommendations to the state of special education world-wide and in the region.