Tag: KYLEND

Julie Caudill-Clark, a doctoral student in Eastern Kentucky University’s Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program, is a current LEND Trainee. Her current studies focus on Special Education and she is completing requirements to become a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She also holds a master’s degree from Roosevelt University in Teacher Leadership and Special Education.  In…

Hannah Mitchell, a third-year graduate student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Kentucky, has always had an interest in pediatrics. As a high school student, she taught swim lessons to children, including those with neurodevelopmental disabilities.  This experience inspired her to learn how to serve people with disabilities in her…

August Tuggle is a first-year student in the Music Therapy Equivalency/Master’s Program at the University of Kentucky. She is also a student in the Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities program with the Human Development Institute.  Tuggle says her legal blindness led to her current research interests, including exploring best music therapy practices for young adults…

Kaitlin O’Neill is a second-year doctoral student in the University of Kentucky’s Special Education Leadership Personnel Preparation Program. She is also completing requirements to become a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).  O’Neill holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education for Moderate and Severe Disabilities from the University of Kentucky and a Rank 2 Kentucky Educator License…

Shelby Johnson is a second-year graduate student in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at the University of Kentucky. She recently completed a clinical rotation at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital. During her rotation, she worked with adults in the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit. She has also had rotations at the Child Development Center of the…