Author: HDI Staff
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The Rehabilitation Services Administration Funds Partnership to establish Technical Assistance Center on Quality Employment
In concert with the University of Wisconsin and other committed partners, the University of Kentucky (UK) Human Development Institute (HDI) is part of the new Technical Assistance Center (TAC) on Quality Employment. Christina Bard, Community Education Director and Dr. Phil Rumrill, Director of Research and Training, will lead HDI’s involvement in this five-year project to…
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Jessica Ware
Evaluation Analyst System of Care Phone: Email: jrwa240@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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The Kentucky Alternate Assessment Project
The Kentucky Alternate Assessment Project (KAAP) is a result of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990 and is designed to include students with significant cognitive disabilities in the statewide school accountability system. Kentucky was the first state to offer an inclusive educational assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Since the first assessment,…
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Debra A. Harley, PhD, CRC, LPC
Phone: Email: Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: Debra A. Harley, Ph.D., CRC, LPC, is a Provost Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education. She is co-coordinator of the doctoral program in Counselor Education. Dr. Harley’s research interests include disability issues, cultural diversity, substance use disorder, gender issues, LGBTQ,…
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HDI staff receive the Tom Gravitt Advocacy Award
Jason Jones, Disability Specialist, and Dr. Kathy Sheppard-Jones, Executive Director, have received the 2020 Tom Gravitt Advocacy Award from the Kentucky Congress on Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). This award recognizes individuals who have had an exemplary impact on the SCI community and the disability community at large. These individuals enrich the lives of people with…
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Pamela Bryant
School Fiscal Monitor IDEA TA Phone: Email: pamela.bryant@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests:
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Percussion Empowerment Project
A UK Human Development Institute (HDI) Fund for Excellence award has been given to Haley Potter, BA, to fund a pilot project aimed at teaching young girls about music, percussion, and performance. This inclusive extracurricular activity will be accessible to all students who identify as female. Students will learn how to read and interpret music,…
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Communication Initiative for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A UK Human Development Institute (HDI) Fund for Excellence award has been given to Jacqui Kearns, PhD, to create a set of unique online modules for speech/language pathologists, case managers, direct support workers, and program administrators, on developing communicative competence for the adults that they serve. Though many gains have been made in communicative competence…
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Darnell McIntosh
School Fiscal Monitor IDEA TA Phone: (606) 568-5162 Email: darnell.mcintosh@uky.edu Responsibilities: Experiences: Reason: Research: Interests: