Tag: education
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Summer Leadership Experience 2024
Multiple speakers, a banquet dinner, even a magic show – campers at HDI’s Summer Leadership Experience Camp were busy – but they learned a lot.The Human Development Institute’s Summer Leadership Experience Camp is a program that is held for several days on the University of Kentucky’s campus that, this year, started on July 16 and…
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New HDI project to use Universal Design to create inclusive student environments
Over the past several years, the mental health of students has declined. According to the CDC, the pandemic saw mental health concerns reach a crisis level. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death in youth aged 10–24. Mental health emergency visits increased 31% in youth aged 12–15 from 2019–2020. Anxiety and depression rates in youth…
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Going beyond the requirements, UK HDI’s Kentucky Post School Outcomes Center sets exemplary standard for improving students with disabilities transitional outcomes after high school
In 2020, Kentucky students with disabilities who had exited high school in the previous year were asked which resource in high school had continued to help them the most in their current post high school lives. Of the 2,256 responses, the top response (39.2%) was “a teacher, counselor or principal,” followed next by “vocational training”…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Nathan French
Nathan French is currently pursuing a Master’s in Social Work while participating in the LEND program to enact cultural and policy changes for the betterment of the disability community. Inspired by their experience as a person with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in the LGBTQIA+ community, French’s interests and research focuses on marriage equality, attitudes towards LGBTQIA+ disabled…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Tanya Torp
Tanya Torp is an agent for social change and has spent her career engaging in community-based initiatives as a convener, speaker, trainer, facilitator, writer, and consultant. She currently serves as Executive Director at Step by Step, Inc., an organization that encourages and equips young single mothers, ages 12–24, through an empowerment model which includes mentoring,…
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KYLEND Student Spotlight: Stephanie Battistini
Stephanie Battistini is a third-year Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellow at the University of Louisville. Originally from Florida, she graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Molecular Biology. She obtained her Medical Degree and Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Florida State University in May 2015. She was…
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KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Gabriella Martin
Martin is in her fourth year of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Eastern Kentucky University with a goal of becoming a licensed Psychologist. She has a Master’s in Clinical Psychology and is currently a Temporary Licensed Psychological Associate for the state of Kentucky, providing therapeutic and assessment services. She has extensive history working with…
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Supported Higher Education Project Technical Assistance Center
HDI’s Supported Higher Education Project Technical Assistance Center (SHEP-TAC) provides customized technical assistance and direct support to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to establish or enhance postsecondary programs that advance the academic success and social inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities. The work of the SHEP-TAC will improve higher education opportunities for students with disabilities,…
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Kentucky awarded an OSEP Educational Leadership Grant
The Kentucky LEADS (Leading, Educating, Advocating-Directors of Special Education) Academy grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) focuses on leadership development, recruitment and retention. In partnership with UK’s Human Development Institute, Kentucky’s Part C, Early Intervention Services, Morehead State University, Western Kentucky University, and Murray State…
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Kentucky Post School Outcome Center Begins Data Collection
The UK Human Development Institute (HDI) houses the Kentucky Post School Outcome Center (KyPSO) to increase the capacity of local school districts, teachers, parents, and adult service providers to provide exemplary transition planning and increase student success. This is accomplished through the collection and reporting of data related to post school plans and outcomes, and…