News: Pathway to high-quality support for children with disabilities
The University of Georgia is paving the way for high-quality personnel to enter the workforce in support of young children with disabilities.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, the Pathway Project is a five-year grant led by associate professor Rebecca Lieberman-Betz in the Mary Frances Early College of Education’s Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education.
The project, which is expecting its first cohort in fall 2024, provides training to undergraduate and graduate-level students seeking certification and endorsement in the areas of birth through kindergarten (BK) and early childhood special education (ECSE) to support young children with high-intensity needs and their families across a variety of settings.
“The skill set that we want to provide our trainees is important in helping them administer optimal services,” said Lieberman-Betz. “We want to teach students as part of their training that they’re not treating the disability, they’re providing services for individual children and families, and that’s going to look very different for each child.”