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School-Age
and Interdisciplinary Training Program
W. Alan Coulter, Ph.D., Program Director
Goal:
To support, assist, and train agency personnel, families, and
others in meeting the educational and mental health needs of school-age
children and their families and to provide coordination and technology for
interdisciplinary training within the university affiliated program.
Intended
Impact:
Improve capacity of
agencies and personnel to serve children and families
Increase the intervention services provided by community
agencies to school-age children
Enhance interagency collaboration among child-serving
agencies
Utilize technology to effectively and efficiently train
personnel
Topics/Areas
of Expertise:
Refinement and implementation of accredited school
psychology internship program
Development and implementation of programs to improve
educational services in schools and state departments of education
Development and dissemination of training to increase cross-cultural
competence
Overview
of Selected
#
More than 80 school
psychologists recruited for vacant positions in local education agencies
over the past six years, 78% of whom remain in Louisiana by an accredited
internship program
#
Internship program
grew from one LEA consortium member to seven LEAs
#
More than 600 existing
agency personnel participated in training activities
#
Cross-cultural
competencies have been identified for selected school personnel and training
modules developed in conjunction with national organizations
#
College coursework has been designed and delivered via distance
learning technology
#
Tour state departments
of education have received technical assistance in designing and
implementing accountability programs for special education services
#
Advocacy plaintiffs in
two class action law suits have received technical assistance in
recommending remedies to improve monitoring of special education
Directions
for Future Program Development:
#
Development of World
Wide Web capability to increase knowledge dissemination and recruiting
capacity
#
Development of
training materials that include demonstration and feedback components that
utilize technology to increase efficiency and effectiveness
#
Technical assistance
in policy development and program implementation with special attention to
efficient methods for monitoring outcomes
#
Continued refinement
of existing programs to improve recruiting capacity and retention of
critical personnel
Revised
November 2000
Program
Faculty/Staff and Titles:
W.
Alan Coulter, Ph.D., Program Director
Constance K. Patterson, Ph.D., Project Coordinator
Alesia M. Williams, Ph.D., Supervisor
Laurie Olson, Ph.D., Supervisor
Gail Gillespie, Ph.D., Supervisor
Cicily Prestridge, Ph.D., Supervisor
Scuddy Fontenelle, Ph.D., Supervisor
Velda Argeyo, Clerk Chief 1
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