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The Department of Special Education faculty and staff operate a number of research and professional development centers and websites that benefit individuals with disabilities and their families and the professionals who serve them. Students interested in grant funding support should peruse the following sites and contact the centers/units involved in their area of interest. Department faculty who are associated with each program are listed as well.
(http://www.altec.org/)
Chaffin, Jerry D
Deshler, Donald D
Smith, Sean J
ALTEC, the Advanced Learning Technologies in Education, creates resources, supports collaboration and resource sharing, and fosters alliances that help educators discover and use the possibilities of the Internet for both their students and for themselves.
(http://www.beachcenter.org)
Sailor, Wayne
Turnbull, Ann P
Turnbull, H R
Wehmeyer, Michael L
The Beach Center on Disability strives to make a significant and sustainable difference in the quality of life of families and individuals affected by disability. The Center conducts research, provides training and technical assistance, and provides international, national, state, regional, and local service in collaboration with families who have members with disabilities, individuals with disabilities, the professionals and policy leaders who serve families and individuals, and members of the communities in which the families and individuals live.
(http://www.ku-crl.org/)
Deshler, Donald D
Lenz, Keith
Meyen, Edward L
Robinson, Suzanne M
Smith, Sean J
The Center for Research on Learning is an internationally recognized research and development organization noted for studying problems in education and working to place solutions that make a difference into the hands of educators, learners, employers, and policy makers.
(http://www.circleofinclusion.org)
Horn, Eva
Thompson, Barbara J
The Circle of Inclusion website is designed to help early childhood service providers and families of young children. The site offers information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.
(http://das.kucrl.org)
Deshler, Donald D
Division of Adult Studies is committed to enhancing quality of life for people with disabilities or who experience societal and ecological barriers. To achieve this mission DAS performs policy analysis, research, product development, staff development, information dissemination, and program evaluation.
(http://elearndesign.org)
Deshler, Donald D
Meyen, Edward L
Smith, Sean J
The mission of the e-Learning Design Lab (e-DL) is to explore new uses of educational technology to enhance learning environments that meet the educational and professional development needs of society.
(http://beachcop.beachcenter.org/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=393&lang=en-US)
Turnbull, Ann P
The mission of the Early Childhood Family Support CoP is to foster action on the part of families and practitioners in enhancing family quality of life. The CoP is a gathering place for families, practitioners, researchers, and policy leaders to address key issues related to family support at the early childhood level and to benefit from the synthesis of the best available research, family wisdom, and professional wisdom.
(http://web.ku.edu/~spedres/)
Robinson, Suzanne M
This site assists educators at all levels (pre-service, in-service, and higher-ed) in understanding and educating their increasingly diverse populations. As a portal to a variety of online resources, the site introduces an educator to the different disability groups and provides suggestions and activities for addressing the academic, behavioral, and social needs of these populations. Links are grouped by academic category and disability area.
(http://www.igdi.ku.edu/)
Carta, Judith J
Infant Growth and Development Indicators for Infants and Toddlers site is dedicated to assessing the results of early intervention and early childhood special education services provided young children birth through age 3. IGDIs enable early childhood practitioners to monitor and estimate children's growth and progress, impacting intervention design, implementation, and modification at reasonable levels of training, time, and cost.
(http://www.autismnetwork.org/)
Myles, Brenda K
Smith, Sean J
The ICAN site is for anyone who lives with, teaches, or otherwise supports children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), including parents, teachers, and individuals with ASD.
(http://jgcp.ku.edu/)
Carta, Judith J
Greenwood, Charles R
Utley, Cheryl A
JGCP began in the mid-1960s when residents of Northeast Kansas City, Kansas, joined with KU faculty to address concerns about child development in a low-income community. Together, the KCK community and JGCP have designed programs to improve the parenting, care, and instruction received by children in Kansas and throughout the country.
(http://www.lsi.ku.edu/lsi/centers/#KUCDD)
Wehmeyer, Michael L
The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD), established in 1969 and affiliated with the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies and the KU Department of Special Education, is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Developmental Disabilities to pursue its mission to conduct research, training, technical assistance, and community service activities that enhance the quality of life, self-determination, and inclusion of Kansans with developmental disabilities and their families.
(http://www2.ku.edu/~ltec/)
Griswold, Deborah A
Knowlton, Earle
Walther-Thomas, Christine S
The Leadership in the Teacher Education Core (LTEC) website provides information about this funded project (CFDA 84.325) that supports doctoral study in special education teacher preparation. These students specialize in four distinct tool areas: research, technology, cultural responsiveness, and professional development. Graduates of this project will be teacher educators who can immediately apply evidence-based best practices in teacher education.
(http://www.nrcld.org/)
Deshler, Donald D
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities, formulates implementation recommendations, disseminates findings, and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies.
(http://www.pbis.org)
Sailor, Wayne
The Center has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
(http://www.preservice.kucrl.org/)
Deshler, Donald D
Lenz, Keith
This site offers a compilation of resources for preservice educators, including video segments and instructional support materials that capture some of the key ideas and components that are central to improving adolescent literacy in secondary schools.
(http://people.ku.edu/~mayaosh/POISE.html)
Robinson, Suzanne M
Project POISE is a personnel preparation project funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. POISE personnel work in partnership with school district staff to prepare special education teachers to work in urban and/or multicultural settings.
(http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/index.php)
Robinson, Suzanne M
Smith, Sean J
The Special Connections site connects teachers to strategies that help students with special needs be successful across the general education curriculum. Teacher tools for implementing best practices, case study materials, resources, and online collaboration are provided in modules focusing on instruction, assessment, behavior plans and collaboration.
(http://smarttogether.org/)
Lenz, Keith
Robinson, Suzanne M
SLC promotes academic and self-sufficiency for low-achieving youth. This research-based program includes tutoring, mentoring, and professional development for teachers and supports thousands of youth in Kansas and across the country.
(http://www.stratepedia.org/)
Lenz, Keith
Stratepedia (formerly Content Enhancement) provides teaching methods designed for use in general education classrooms to promote learning for all students.
(http://www.lsi.ku.edu/)
Palmer, Susan
Sailor, Wayne
Turnbull, Ann P
Turnbull, H R
Wehmeyer, Michael L
The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies (LSI) is one of the largest and most highly regarded human development and disabilities research centers in the country. The LSI brings together scientists of diverse disciplines to study human development from its genetic origins through the final stages of life. The LSI supports basic and applied research, treatment and assessment clinics, service coordination and delivery, consultation, and training-notably, training of the next generation of scientists. The Life Span Institute's 12 centers have more than 130 programs and projects active at any one time in Kansas as well as other states. Many projects directly serve individuals, families, and communities and are located in underserved Kansas City neighborhoods and rural Kansas counties.
(http://www.transitioncoalition.org)
Clark, Gary M
Morningstar, Mary E
The Transition Coalition provides online information, support, and professional development on topics focusing on the transition from school to adult life for youth with disabilities.
