{"id":19482,"date":"2020-10-01T21:03:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T01:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?p=19482"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:23:50","slug":"umaine-receives-federal-grant-to-train-special-educators-other-professionals-to-support-young-children-with-high-intensity-communication-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/2020\/10\/01\/umaine-receives-federal-grant-to-train-special-educators-other-professionals-to-support-young-children-with-high-intensity-communication-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"91福利 receives federal grant to train special educators, other professionals to support young children with high-intensity communication needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>91福利 will provide funding to support 40 graduate students working toward master\u2019s degrees in special education or communication sciences and disorders with an early childhood intervention focus thanks to a nearly $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Special Education Programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Cross-disciplinary Online Training to promote Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Tele-Intervention for Maine (CONTAACT-ME) project will train educators to support young children with intensive communication needs and their families, including the use of augmentative and alternative communication tools. 91福利 will receive $249,950 from the U.S. DOE during the first year of the grant, with continued funding expected for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Rooks-Ellis, assistant professor of special education in the College of Education and Human Development\u2019s School of Learning and Teaching and director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research, will lead the project. Partners include Jennifer Seale, assistant professor in the 91福利 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the Maine Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInfants and young children with high-intensity needs also commonly have communication impairments, which when left unaddressed increase a child\u2019s risk for limited cognitive, language and social development,\u201d Rooks-Ellis says.<\/p>\n<p>The goals of CONTAACT-ME include teaching master\u2019s students evidence-based strategies for working with children with disabilities who also have specialized communication needs and their families, with an emphasis on children and families in rural, remote and sparsely populated areas with limited access to resources. The project will use research-based tele-intervention practices to provide equity and access and to support language and cognitive skill development for young children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly interventionists and speech-language pathologists serving this population are critical for helping families, related service providers and educators recognize the ways in which they can support a child\u2019s social skill development,\u201d says Rooks-Ellis.<\/p>\n<p>91福利 is the only institution in the state to provide graduate programs in early childhood intervention and communication sciences and disorders. The CONTAACT-ME program will assist students in earning a master\u2019s degree that leads to state-approved certification in early childhood special education (birth-age 5). Speech-language pathology students will earn a master\u2019s in communication sciences and disorders with an early intervention concentration.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Casey Kelly, <a href=\"mailto:casey.kelly@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">casey.kelly@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cross-disciplinary Online Training to promote Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Tele-Intervention for Maine (CONTAACT-ME) project will train educators to support young children with intensive communication needs and their families, including the use of augmentative and alternative communication tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":19483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"8","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Cross-disciplinary Online Training to promote Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Tele-Intervention for Maine (CONTAACT-ME) project will train educators to support young children with intensive communication needs and their families, including the use of augmentative and alternative communication tools.","_seopress_robots_index":"yes","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[8,193,954,1775],"tags":[2463,2467,25,372,2461,464,2469,245,2464,2465,2466,40,2462,279,2468,2470,134,61,65],"class_list":["post-19482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research-outreach","category-school-of-learning-and-teaching","category-special-education","tag-augmentative-and-alternative-communication","tag-cognitive-development","tag-college-of-education-and-human-development","tag-communication-sciences-and-disorders","tag-contaact-me","tag-deborah-rooks-ellis","tag-early-childhood-special-education","tag-early-intervention","tag-high-intensity-communication-needs","tag-jennifer-seale","tag-language-development","tag-maine-department-of-education","tag-office-of-special-education-programs","tag-special-education","tag-speech-language-pathology","tag-tele-intervention","tag-u-s-department-of-education","tag-umaine","tag-university-of-maine"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":8,"label":"News"},{"value":193,"label":"Research and Outreach"},{"value":954,"label":"School of Learning and Teaching"},{"value":1775,"label":"Special Education"}],"post_tag":[{"value":2463,"label":"augmentative and alternative communication"},{"value":2467,"label":"cognitive development"},{"value":25,"label":"College of Education and Human Development"},{"value":372,"label":"Communication Sciences and Disorders"},{"value":2461,"label":"CONTAACT-ME"},{"value":464,"label":"Deborah Rooks-Ellis"},{"value":2469,"label":"early childhood special education"},{"value":245,"label":"early intervention"},{"value":2464,"label":"high-intensity communication needs"},{"value":2465,"label":"Jennifer Seale"},{"value":2466,"label":"language development"},{"value":40,"label":"Maine Department of Education"},{"value":2462,"label":"Office of Special Education Programs"},{"value":279,"label":"special education"},{"value":2468,"label":"speech-language pathology"},{"value":2470,"label":"tele-intervention"},{"value":134,"label":"U.S. Department of Education"},{"value":61,"label":"91福利"},{"value":65,"label":"University of Maine"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2020\/10\/Toddler-communication-news-feature-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"ckelly","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/author\/caseykelly-2\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":8,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":8,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":795,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":8,"category_count":795,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":193,"name":"Research and Outreach","slug":"research-outreach","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":193,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":506,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":193,"category_count":506,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Research and Outreach","category_nicename":"research-outreach","category_parent":0},{"term_id":954,"name":"School of Learning and Teaching","slug":"school-of-learning-and-teaching","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":954,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":456,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":954,"category_count":456,"category_description":"","cat_name":"School of Learning and Teaching","category_nicename":"school-of-learning-and-teaching","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1775,"name":"Special Education","slug":"special-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1775,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":954,"count":82,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1775,"category_count":82,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Special Education","category_nicename":"special-education","category_parent":954}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":2463,"name":"augmentative and alternative communication","slug":"augmentative-and-alternative-communication","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2463,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2467,"name":"cognitive development","slug":"cognitive-development","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2467,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":25,"name":"College of Education and Human Development","slug":"college-of-education-and-human-development","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":599,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":372,"name":"Communication Sciences and Disorders","slug":"communication-sciences-and-disorders","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":372,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2461,"name":"CONTAACT-ME","slug":"contaact-me","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2461,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":464,"name":"Deborah Rooks-Ellis","slug":"deborah-rooks-ellis","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":464,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2469,"name":"early childhood special education","slug":"early-childhood-special-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2469,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":245,"name":"early intervention","slug":"early-intervention","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":245,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2464,"name":"high-intensity communication needs","slug":"high-intensity-communication-needs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2464,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2465,"name":"Jennifer Seale","slug":"jennifer-seale","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2465,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2466,"name":"language development","slug":"language-development","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2466,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":40,"name":"Maine Department of Education","slug":"maine-department-of-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":89,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2462,"name":"Office of Special Education Programs","slug":"office-of-special-education-programs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2462,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":279,"name":"special education","slug":"special-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":279,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":62,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2468,"name":"speech-language pathology","slug":"speech-language-pathology","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2468,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2470,"name":"tele-intervention","slug":"tele-intervention","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2470,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":134,"name":"U.S. Department of Education","slug":"u-s-department-of-education","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":134,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":12,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":61,"name":"91福利","slug":"umaine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":61,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":645,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":65,"name":"University of Maine","slug":"university-of-maine","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":65,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":760,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23051,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19482\/revisions\/23051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}