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2004 Project Highlights
Kansans Mobilizing for Direct Support Workforce
Change Project
Kathy Olson
(11/04) The Kansans Mobilizing for Direct Support Workforce Change Project
(KMFC)
focuses on improving the recruitment and retention of direct support
professionals (DSPs)
who work with people with developmental disabilities. (Read
the full story.)
Reusing AT/DME Acquired Through Public Funds: Developing
a Cost-Neutral, Consumer Driven Model
Staff: Sara Sack, Pamela Cress, Sheila Simmons, Jackie
Dwyer
(7/04) Staff from the Assistive Technology for Kansans project received
a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR)
to develop a Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
reuse program. (Read the full story.)
Picture Reader: Behavioral Technology for Teaching Task
Sequencing Skills
by Charles R. Spellman
(3/04) Dr. Charles Spellman collaborated with Dr. Karen Mahon, Research
Scientist for Praxis, Inc., (formerly an Assistant Research Professor
at the Life Span Institute at Parsons) to obtain an SBIR Phase I grant
to develop and study a computer-based product called the PictureReader,
intended primarily for individuals with intellectual disabilities. (Read
the full story.)
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