UNT granted $1.5 million for autism program

UNT's College of Education was recently awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help prepare teachers and intervention specialists to serve children with autism.

The program is designed to address critical shortfalls in quantity and quality of personnel trained to meet the needs of students with autism throughout Texas.

Eight full-time and 15 part-time students enrolled in UNT's special education degree programs will be selected to participate in an autism sequence each year of the five-year grant. The program will offer intensive, collaborative training experiences for students seeking master's-level certification.

Full-time faculty in UNT's special education program and related departments will teach all specialized course work. Upon completion of the training program, students will be eligible for teaching certification in the areas of generic special education and serious emotional disturbances with a specialization in autism/low-incidence disabilities. They will receive certificates as autism specialists.

BY CATHY CASHIO ccashio@unt.edu

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