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Preparing a New Generation of Early Autism Educators
(PANGEA)
Project PANGEA is a personnel preparation federal training grant that will support trainees who are preparing to serve young children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families.
Participation in Project PANGEA provides trainees who are enrolled in University of Oregon Master’s programs in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) and Communication Disorders and Sciences (CDS), additional course work and practicum experiences to develop skills and strategies to assess and intervene on core developmental challenges experienced by young children with ASD. Project activities take place on campus and in collaboration with community partners in Lane County who serve young children with ASD.
Project PANGEA students focus on four competency areas:
Understanding typical and atypical development in core areas of early childhood
Learning to assess these core domains and set developmentally appropriate goals
Explore the evidence base for early intervention programs/practices for children. With ASD and implement quality intervention practices with the children
Engage in interdisciplinary teaming
Project PANGEA is funded through the Office of Special Education Program (OSEP), grant number: H325K180170 (PI: Shire)
COllaboration Across Universities to prepare Leaders in Evidence Based Practices, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Diversity
(Co-LEAD)
Project CO-LEAD will prepare doctoral students to support students with ASD with an emphasis on improving educational and behavioral outcomes. This Consortium involves Special Education doctoral programs at the University of Oregon (UO), Purdue University (PU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Project CO-LEAD will prepare a new generate of scholars focused on:
course work and cross program seminars,
applied research internship,
supervised college teaching,
personnel preparation, and professional development experiences
conducting research focused on improving educational and behavioral outcomes for children with ASD and their families,
using research to improve personnel preparation programs, and
preparing highly qualified special education teachers and related services personnel to use evidence based practices with students with ASD.
Project CO-LEAD is funded through the Office of Special Education Program (OSEP), grant number H325D190064 (PIs: Machalicek, Meadan-Kaplansky, Rispoli)