Increasing the Number of Highly-Qualified School-Based SLPs in Georgia: An Innovative Online EdS Program

• Sponsor
  U.S. Department of Education Preservice Improvement Enhancement Grants to Support
  Related Service Providers to Effectively Serve Children with Disabilities and Their Families
  $423,322

• Principal investigator
  Jennifer A. Brown
  Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
  

• Co-principal investigators
  Hannah Krimm
  Assistant professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
  

  Kristin Sayeski
  Associate professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
  

• Active since
  October 2024

Abstract

The goal of this project is to revise UGA’s current speech-language pathology (SLP) specialist in education (EdS) degree program to a fully online SLP EdS program that prepares school-based SLPs with competencies in evidence-based culturally and linguistically responsive language and literacy interventions, supporting children’s participation in inclusive settings, and collaborating with professionals and families.

The significance of this project is highlighted by two outcomes:

• An increased number of highly qualified SLPs serving children with disabilities in schools
• Increased faculty competencies in personnel preparation for serving children with disabilities