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Pacific Basin RSA Training Project |
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CFDA Number: |
84.325A |
Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities |
Competition Name: |
Preparation of Special Education, Related Services, and Early Intervention Personnel to Serve Infants, Toddlers, and Children with Low-Incidence Disabilities |
Project Number: |
H325A990041 |
Project Director: |
Stodden, Robert; Kelly, Dotty |
Organization: |
University of Hawaii
Center on Disability Studies, 1776 University Ave., UA4-6
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
808-956-9199 |
Beginning Date: |
1999-10-01 |
Ending Date: |
2003-09-30 |
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Abstract |
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Purpose: This paraprofessional training project responds to the critical shortage of related services personnel and the need to develop an infrastructure of support in the Federated States of Micronesia, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It will train indigenous persons to provide related services for children with low-incidence disabilities and is a partnership among educational institutions in the three areas. |
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Method: The project will develop, deliver, and institutionalize a 35-credit paraprofessional training program that builds on lessons learned from a previous, successful program in the area. Key components of the program are: mentoring of local faculty to build local training capacity, culturally relevant curriculum, inclusive practices, practical hands-on training in local settings, recruitment of indigenous trainees, and stipend support. Approximately 75 related service assistants will be trained by the project. |
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Children to benefit from this
project: |
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Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
Disability: |
Not Specified |
Severity of Disability: |
Severe |
Ethnicity: |
Asian and Pacific Islander |
Geographic location: |
Rural |
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Personnel Preparation Program Information: |
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Academic Degree to be Received: |
Certificate |
Program Focus: |
Related Services Personnel, Teachers |
Trainee Ethnicity: |
Asian and Pacific Islander |
