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The following initiatives are no longer active. For current initiatives, click on the main navigation areas of the web site near the top of the page.
Model Programs
Multicultural Early Childhood Team Training (MECTT)
This is a joint project between the KIHd and the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC). The Multicultural Early Childhood Team Training (MECTT) is a federally funded project that prepares parent and professional teams to improve services to diverse families of young children with special needs--infusing cultural competence in early childhood programs.
Technical Assistance
Training Grants
Preparation of Leadership Personnel, Doctoral Program in Special Education (PLP)
George Mason University, a rapidly growing doctoral institution in the greater Washington, DC area, is developing a new, more intensive doctoral program in special education. This project is providing intensive, high-quality, comprehensive doctoral-level training in special education over a four-year period. This program emphasizes the balance among teaching, research, and leadership objectives, and provides intensive, high quality training in all areas, so that program graduates will possess the competencies to enable them to be successful leaders in special education. A unique feature of this program -- helped in part by George Mason's location in the Washington, DC area -- is the opportunity for internships in teacher education, research, and leadership in national educational, governmental and service organizations. Students will work closely with faculty who are actively engaged in state-of-the-art teacher education, research, and leadership activities throughout the program.
Research and Development
- DEVISE Project
The goal of the DEVISE project is to design, develop, and evaluate an immersive multi-sensory virtual learning environment that addresses the foundations of physics instruction for students with learning disabilities.