Landscape professionals who work within coastal buffer zones are invited to enroll in University of Rhode Island’s two-day invasive plant management certification program being held at the Narragansett Bay Campus on July 7 and 8.

Permits for invasive plant management in coastal buffer zones will only be granted by the Coastal Resources Management Council to professionals who hold the certification from this program.

The $150 fee includes breakfast, lunch and training materials. For more information, e-mail Kate Venturini at kate@uri.edu or visit www.uri.edu/cels/ceoc/ceoc_programs_clp_imcp.html.

A new master of arts degree in special education will be offered at the University of Rhode Island in the fall. The graduate program in special education will enable students to meet the Council for Exceptional Children standards and the requirements for Rhode Island special education certification in the area of mild/moderate disabilities at the elementary and middle school levels.

The degree is earned through a full-time three-semester, 36-credit program. The university will accept 12 to 15 students for the fall. The application deadline is July 10.

For more information, call Joanne Eichinger, professor/coordinator of special education, at (401) 874-4068 or visit www.uri.edu/hss/education/special_ed/index.html.

Registration is being accepted for a three-day educational training program designed to introduce holistic perspectives, systems thinking and creative leadership skills at Salve Regina University’s Holistic Leadership Institute on the Newport campus from July 31-Aug. 2. For more information, call (401) 341-3290 or 1 (800) 637-0002.