Pacific Basin RSA Training Project |
| 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 00:00:00 |
| Ending Date: |
2003-09-30 00:00:00 |
Abstract |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Children to benefit from this
project: |
| Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
| Disability: |
Not Specified |
| Severity of disability: |
Severe |
| Ethnicity: |
Asian and Pacific Islander |
| Geographic location: |
Rural |
Personnel preparation program
information: |
Academic degree
to be
received: |
Certificate |
| Program focus: |
Related Services Personnel, Teachers |
| Trainee ethnicity: |
Asian and Pacific Islander |
