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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Hughes, Carolyn
Description Description	This project will increase the numbers of well-qualified higher education faculty who have the skills and knowledge to improve research, teacher training, and educational outcomes for high-need students identified with severe disabilities or autism in grades K-12, including secondary transition programs. Activities of this project include: (a) collaborating with the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools District, which has 76,000 students of which 80% are identified as low-income; (b) arranging internships in high-need, low-performing Metro schools or research sites; (c) collaborating with experts in autism, intellectual disabilities, severe disabilities, and research methodology; (d) rotating internships and seminars that address competency building across research, teaching, and service experiences; and (e) conducting research collaborations between Special Education faculty and students that result in high-quality publications leading to academic careers in special education.
Funder Funder	Department of Education
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	0
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2010-2016
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 7: How Do We Continue to Build, Expand, and Enhance the Infrastructure System to Meet the Needs of the ASD Community?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	External Project Page
Institution Institution	Vanderbilt University
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number	H325D100010
Government or Private Government or Private	Government
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 299194 \| 2010 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 279803 \| 2012 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 287590 \| 2011 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 253562 \| 2013 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 0 \| 2015 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 0 \| 2014 \| H325D100010 Leadership training in high-need students with severe disabilities/autism \| 0 \| 2017 \| H325D100010

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