Collaborating to Overcome Needs by Improving the Voice of Exceptional Youth

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Principal Investigators

Dr. Sandra Warren (PI)

Dr. Christy Walcott (Co-PI)

Dr. Marianna Walker (Co-PI)

Overview

The project involves faculty from the ECU College of Education Department of Special Education, Foundations and Research; the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology and the College of Allied Health Sciences Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Our goal is to prepare graduate students to be K-12 professionals working with learners with disabilities within their specialties … but also be prepared to collaborate across disciplines.
- Dr. Sandra Warren, PI and professor in COE Dept. of Special Education, Foundations & Research
Convincing [speech-language pathologists] to work in schools is important, so I'm hoping this will be a catalyst to get not only the CONVEY scholars to think about it, but maybe also encourage other students who are not even in the program.
- Marianna Walker

Project Goals

Our goal is to prepare graduate students to be K-12 professionals working with learners with disabilities within their specialities…but also be prepared to collaborate across disciplines.

Project Period

January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2022

Products

Project CONVEY will support four cohorts during the five year span of the grant. Each cohort will consist of 12 graduate students – six from special education, three from psychology, and three from speech-language pathology (CSDI).

For More Information

https://news.ecu.edu/2018/06/28/project-convey/

Funding

Funding from Project CONVEY will cover full in-state tuition for each cohort scholar, and provides unique training and development opportunities in addition to their graduate coursework. In return, each member of the cohort is required to work in public schools with students with disabilities for two years for every one year of support. Geographically, the graduates can work anywhere in the United States or overseas through the U.S. Department of Defense, provided it is in a public school setting.
Project CONVEY is funded by a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for this mission.