Masters Grant - Interdisciplinary Preparation for Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High Intensity Needs (MA Grant)

2022

This project will ensure that an interdisciplinary group of fully credentialed personnel will have the necessary skills and knowledge, including cultural competence, and that derives from evidence-based practice, to be successful in serving high needs infants and young and their families. The program will develop, implement and evaluate an interdisciplinary masters level program of study to increase the number of masters trained special educators and related service personnel trained to provide early intervention and early childhood special education to infants and young children who have (ASD) and their families. The masters degrees will be awarded to the students through the University of CT (UConn) Schools of Education (special education- early childhood special education-SPED-ECSE) Liberal Arts and Sciences (Speech, Language and Hearing (SLP) and Social Work (SW). Forty five scholars will be supported over 5 years of funding through this grant (3 each year from the three disciplines totally 9 masters level students in each of 5 cohorts). The students will meet their own discipline requirements for the masters degree, as well as participate in an interdisciplinary program of 12 credit hours of joint coursework, assignments and practicum. The students will be prepared to enter professional practice in a variety of inclusive early childhood educational settings, children and familys homes, and community settings, while collaborating with providers, families and administrators.

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information, Continuing Education/Community Training

Education & Early Intervention

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, General Public

Specific Groups

Single-County, Mulit-County, State

Federal

N/A