Bureau for Students with Multiple and Severe Disabilities
Georgia State University
Focuses on the needs of students with moderate to severe disabilities.
Provides continuing education programs and in-class consulting services to classroom teachers.
Dr. Paul Alberto
404-651-2310
Center for Collaborative Education
Georgia State University
Focuses on inclusion of students with disabilities into general education programs.
Sets up model programs for inclusion in K-12 schools. Conducts training statewide for system level administrators to help them develop policies and procedures to facilitate inclusion.
Dr. Paul Alberto
404-651-2310
Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning
Georgia State University
Works to improve the communication skills of children who suffer from cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, brain injuries, attention deficit disorders, and other serious conditions.
MaryAnn Romski
404-651-3469
Georgia Deafblind Project
Georgia State University
Promotes system change, increases local capacity to serve students with deafblindness, and provides statewide technical assistance to children with deafblindness from birth to age 21 and to their families and service providers.
Dr. Kathy Heller
404-651-2310
Project Wins
Kennesaw State University
Collaboration with the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities and a network of Georgia schools and agencies.
Focuses on building the capacity of schools and agencies to provide educational services to students with a full range of disabilities in general education classrooms and strengthening the capacity of schools to effectively educate all students.
Susan Brown
770-423-6577
Educational Leadership Institute
University of Georgia
Focuses on implementing the A-Plus Education Reform Act for students with disabilities through presentations by state and local educational leaders in Georgia and Texas.
Issues such as accountability procedures, curriculum, and behavior management are addressed.
William Swan
706-542-4074
Reading and Auditory Processing (RAP) Collaborative Project
University of West Georgia
The purpose of the project is to develop a collaborative, university/school program to assist the general education teacher, the speech-language pathologist, and the special education teacher in instructing and helping students with reading and central auditory processing disorders.
A university collaborative team consisting of two faculty members from the Department of Special Education and Speech-Language Pathology and two faculty members from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (University Collaborative Team) is conducting the project. A school partnership with Haralson County Schools has been developed that includes central office administrators, general education teachers, special education teachers, and speech language pathologists (Haralson School Team). All educators working in the program are certified, employed by Haralson County, and are enrolled in graduate studies at the university. The Haralson School Team will perform new collaborative skills in the field-based practicum setting following an inclusion classroom model. The general educator, the special educator, and the speech-language pathologist will teach in the same classroom serving both general and special education students together.
Dr. Martha Larkin
Dr. Daniel Sisterhen
Dr. Cathleen Doheny
770-830-2326
State University of West Georgia Speech and Hearing Clinic
University of West Georgia
The State University of West Georgia Speech and Hearing Clinic is operated by the Department of Special Education and Speech-Language Pathology.
The clinic provides speech, language, and hearing test services to a wide variety of clients ranging from infants to adults. The clinic boasts the newest, state-of-the-art testing equipment available including sound-treated examination booth, clinical audiometer immittance meter, and OAE/ABR screening equipment.
Geraldine Boddie
770-836-6567