Human Development Institute

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  • KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Tanya Torp

    KYLEND Trainee Spotlight: Tanya Torp

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    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,…

  • Communication Initiative for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Communication Initiative for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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    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…