Ball State receives nearly $2M to study improved outcomes for adults with autism
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The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $2 million to Ball State University’s Teachers College to study how to improve educational outcomes for students with autism.
The award from the department’s Institution of Education Sciences and Special Education Research Grants Program will be used by Ball State’s Department of Special Education and Department of Educational Psychology to specifically study and develop new practices to use with students at the postsecondary level.
The researchers will develop and test a method called the Collaborative Model for Promoting Competence and Success Across Settings. The model seeks to bring home, school and communities priorities together to best assist adults with autism.
“We are grateful to the IES and its National Center for Special Education Research for their support in this endeavor,” Ball State Teachers College Interim Dean David McIntosh said in a news release. “The funded project will identify effective methods for improving communication and collaboration among the home, school, and community related to transition services for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).”
Collaborators from Indiana University, the University of Toledo and Roanoke College are also expected to contribute.