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Project

INICIO: Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities

Center:

OR-Center on Human Development, UCEDD

Fiscal Year:

2019

Contact Information:

Lillian Duran
[email protected]
541-346-2502

Project Description:

Interdisciplinary Interventionists and Clinicians Improving Outcomes (INICIO) will train fortytwo Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) students at the University of Oregon to serve dual language learners (DLLs) from birth through age 5 with disabilities. The program includes the ECSE one-year licensure and MA degree program and the Communication Disorders two-year certification and MA degree program. Competencies include (1) foundations in ECSE; (2) typical and atypical development, (3) birth to 5 assessment with emphasis on DLLs (4) family involvement, (5) implementation of culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions; (6) interdisciplinary collaboration; (7) research; and (8) leadership

Keyword(s):

Master's Communication Intervention

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees

Area of Emphasis

Education & Early Intervention

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees)

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

State