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Description
PREPaRE: Preparing RElated Services Personnel for Rural Employment is an interdisciplinary,
interdepartmental, inter-instituthnal project that would be offered by the Divisions of Communication Sciences
and Disorders (CSD) and Physical Therapy (PT) in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of
Health Sciences (CHS) at the University of Kentucky (U~, and the Department of Occupational Therapy (OT)
at our partner institution Eastern Kentucky University (EKU).
The goal of the project is to:
Improve the quality of related services for infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in
early intervention (El) and schools in rural areas so they might achieve the purpose of IDEA
Section 601 (d)(1)(A) "to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free
appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed
to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and
independent living"
To accomplish this overall goal the related service professionals working in early intervention (El) and
schools must be appropriately highly qualified and capable of not only providing services but They must also be
effective team members, able to consult, and teach others to provide services. Consultation requires
competence and skill in one's profession. This is especially cñtical in rural service delivery areas where there
are limited numbers of professionals, limited supervision and mentoring of new therapists, and lack of
knowledge in accessing evidenced based practice (EBP) in the related services. This project will address a
defined need for OT, PT and SLP service providers throughout Kentucky (KY) and the surrounding states.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/09 → 6/30/14 |
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