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Early Childhood Special Education
Funding AnnouncementsProject LEEAD: Leadership for Excellence in Early Achievement and DevelopmentEducational Leadership for Early Childhood Special Education Urban Systems ReformDr. Jay Shotel, Principle Investigator, jshotel@gwu.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Lorelei Emma, Project Director, loreemma@gwmail.gwu.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Over the next five years, the Leadership For Excellence in Early Achievement and Development (LEEAD) grant project will prepare fully credentialed early childhood leaders for 21st Century urban systems reform. Project LEEAD graduates will earn an education specialist (EdS) degree in Special Education with a focus in early childhood special education. Offering up to 70% tuition funding, the two-year, part-time program is designed to support working professionals by offering face-to-face courses in the evening hours, as well as individualized internship placements. Project LEEAD is uniquely designed to develop the leadership competencies required for high-quality, inclusive, standards-based service delivery for young children with disabilities. •Data-driven decision making for improved outcomes at the child, family, classroom, program, and system level;•Recruitment and retention of a high-quality workforce within urban programs serving young children with disabilities;•Capacity-building for high-quality inclusive programming through effective professional development•Collaborative leadership for mental health programming that transforms adult-child interactions and school climate and supports pro-social skills, self-regulation, and emotional resiliency in children at risk for school failure.Please read more about this exciting opportunity by clicking the “Tuition Support” tab.

Innovation for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers: Preparing Highly-Qualified Educators to Implement Research-based Interventions Dr.Jay Shotel, Principle Investigator, jshotel@gwu.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Lorelei Emma, Project Director, loreemma@gwmail.gwu.eduThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A $1.2 million grant from the Office of Special Education Programs that will provide 70% tuition support for 32 students: The project, Innovation for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, will graduate highly-qualified and fully-credentialed early interventionists/early childhood special educators who are prepared to apply state-of-the field research to practice in their daily work with young children through •Research-based training in assessment and intervention for young children with significant delays in social interaction, self-regulation, communication and/or cognition,•Interdisciplinary coursework and field experiences;•Clinical learning opportunities focused on using data to guide intervention and progress towards early learning standards and individualized goals;•Two-semester field placement with professional partners serving young children from culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse families; and•Participation in a research-based induction program designed to promote retention of these well-trained practitioners.Please read more about this exciting opportunity by clicking the “Tuition Support” tab. The ProgramThe Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Program offers a non-categorical program of study that prepares early childhood educators and early childhood special educators to work with children birth through eight. The early childhood special educator may work directly with children who have disabilities and their families or may work in a collaborative relationship with other professionals. Settings for service delivery include public and private school special education classes and inclusive classes, early intervention programs, Head Start and Early Head Start, public and private child care, the home, hospital settings and specialized agency programs. Students are offered the opportunity to train in age-related subspecialties of preprimary, birth to five, or primary school age, K through Grade 3. The ECSE Program is an approved program by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children. Program graduates possess knowledge and skills in the specific content areas recommended by NAEYC and DEC: •child development and learning,•curriculum development and implementation•routine-based intervention in natural environments•family-centered service delivery models•child assessment, evaluation, and progress monitoring•cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity•field-based practicum and internships.Students interested in working with infants, toddlers and their families in early intervention settings can take an Infant Special Education Concentration. Graduate School of Education and Human Development2134 G Street, NWWashington, DC 20052Phone: (202) 994-8860, 1-800-449-7343 | Fax: (202) 994-8613