Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities (KIHd) - College of Education and Human Development - George Mason University
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About Us

The Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities (KIHd) is an interdisciplinary campus-based organization focusing on improving the lives and productivity of children and adults with disabilities. KIHd combines the resources of the university with local, state, regional, national, public, and private sector agencies and organizations to develop products, services, and programs for persons with disabilities.

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Licensure, Certificates & Training Grants

The Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities (KIHd) collaborates with a consortium of Virginia universities to offer training/licensure options for teachers of students with visual impairments and severe disabilities. Distance education makes the programs more accessible and maximizes the number of individuals who can receive the training.

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VDOE Grants

With the support from Virgina Department of Education KIHd serves teachers, parents, therapists, and community service providers by providing a variety of continuing learning experiences via annual workshops, conferences, and project activities. In many cases, KIHd uses distance education to provide teacher training and professional development across the state.

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Research

The Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities (KIHd) continues to build and support numerous educational research projects that vary across disciplines spearheaded by the Mason faculty members. Our goal is to increase evidence based instructional and behavioral strategies to improve academic outcomes for all students with disabilities.

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Leadership Grants
DOCTORAL AND MASTERS STUDENTS

The Kellar Institute for Human DisAbilities (KIHd) doctoral and masters students conduct cutting edge research at George Mason University that is aimed to serve persons with disabilities and their families.

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Overview of proposals to the 2012 State of the Art Conference

This year, we received 55 proposals to present at the 2012 State of the Art Conference. These proposals were well-conceptualized and -communicated. The proposals fell under at least one this year's eight strands. Our Advisory Board consists of experts in each category invited to review their subject area. These Advisory Board members were given the review criteria found on the proposal submission site, and the proposals that fell under their strand (with all identifying information hidden). They awarded each proposal a numerical score, and the top-scoring proposals (once the reviewers' scores were averaged) were invited to present.

We were hoping to keep our number of presentations down, in order to not overwhelm conference attendees. However, our best intentions fell by the wayside when we saw the sheer number of stellar proposals. We invited 32 proposals to present at the 2012 conference; approximately 58% of all submitted proposals. The agenda, listing the accepted and committed presentations, is posted.