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T1: Graduate Rehabilitation Professional Education and
Student Research Training in AAC
Lead Institutions:
Duke University, Pennsylvania State University,
Temple University, State University of New York at Buffalo,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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| PURPOSE |
| The objective of this initiative is to increase opportunities
to educate and train rehabilitation professional students through
the support of formal educational, clinical, and research experiences;
and to offer future researchers, faculty and service providers
with the opportunity to conduct research within a decentralized
(virtual) research consortium. |
| TARGET POPULATION |
| Rehabilitation professionals (researchers and clinical providers) |
| PROBLEM |
| As we examined the needs of the AAC community, the capacity
building message was clear from AAC users and rehabilitation service
providers alike. The consensus was that it was no longer fiscally
responsible, let alone feasible, to use RERC funding to develop
new training programs or outreach programs. By the same token,
building capacity of rehabilitation professionals had to go beyond
conducting numerous conferences around the country. It was evident
that the need was two-fold. First, there is a demonstrated need
to increase the number of qualified rehabilitation professionals
and interdisciplinary clinical internships within AAC to ensure
the strength and quality of future rehabilitation service providers.
Secondly, there is a need for graduate students to have increased
exposure to major research initiatives and experience working
within the framework of decentralized research consortiums. These
cooperative relationships will be central to lifestyles of researchers
and faculty in the future. |
| PROGRESS |
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Through existing training and internship programs, the AAC-RERC
has brought together training capacity that has not previously
been available to the field of AAC. Five of our sites have well-established
educational and clinical research programs, with two of the
sites being the major AAC professional preparation programs
in the United States. All six sites offer clinical and research
opportunities in AAC to undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate
rehabilitation profession students.
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| PARTNERS |
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| FOR MORE INFORMATION |
Kevin M. Caves, BSME :
kevin.caves@duke.edu
Frank DeRuyter, PhD : fdr-rerc@mc.duke.edu
Janice Light, Ph.D:JCL4@psu.edu
David McNaughton, Ph.D: dbm2@email.psu.edu
Diane Nelson Bryen, Ph.D.: dianeb@astro.ocis.temple.edu
Jeffery Higginbotham, Ph.D.: cdsjeff@buffalo.edu
David Beukelman, Ph.D.: dbeukelman1@unl.edu
Janet Sturm, Ph.D.: jsturm@css.unc.edu
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