Building a Supportive Training Structure for Paraeducators
Working with Students with High Incidence Disabilities |
| CFDA Number: |
84.325H |
| Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities |
| Competition Name: |
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with
High-Incidence Disabilities |
| Project Number: |
H325H010032 |
| Project Director: |
Wall, Shavaun |
| Organization: |
Catholic University of America
Dept. of Education,
Cardinal Station 620 Michigan Ave., NE
Washington, District of
Columbia 20064
202-319-5800 |
| Beginning Date: |
2001-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Ending Date: |
2005-08-31 00:00:00 |
Abstract |
| Purpose: This project will
develop, implement, and evaluate a new undergraduate certificate
program for paraeducators working with students with high-incidence
disabilities in the District of Columbia. The program will build
upon the mission and expertise within Catholic University to provide
professional development opportunities to non-traditional students
for career and personal development. Efforts will be made to recruit
trainees from minority groups and meet their needs for knowledge and
skills. |
| Method:The instructional
team for the project, which represents multiple disciplines and
cultural backgrounds, will design and implement a curriculum based
on the integration of research, best practices, and assessment of
the needs and resources within an urban school system. Coursework
will emphasize issues distinctive to urban, multicultural schools
and will focus on nationally recognized competencies that
paraeducators need to function optimally to improve student
outcomes. Field-based training experiences will be offered in
schools with broad student diversity and high rates of poverty. A
partnership with the Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, a community-based
provider of services for children and adults with developmental
disabilities, will add their experience with professional
development of paraprofessionals. Over the course of the project's
four years, the college will develop a new, sustainable certificate
program, and 88 paraeducators will receive training. |
Children to benefit from this
project: |
| Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
| Disability: |
Not Specified, Developmentally Delayed |
| Severity of disability: |
Mild |
| Ethnicity: |
Minority (Non-specific) |
| Geographic location: |
Urban |
Personnel preparation program
information: |
Academic degree
to be
received: |
Bachelors, Certificate |
| Program focus: |
Related Services Personnel |
| Trainee ethnicity: |
Minority
(Non-specific) |
