Program Activities

  • Graduate-level, research-based courses in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education in a "hybrid" format (combination of on-campus participation and online participation through video-conferencing)
  • 125-hour internship in early intervention contexts each semester (fall, spring, summer)
  • Ongoing coaching and video-based supervision
  • Research project presentation at university research symposiums and other forums

Program Outcomes

The training opportunity is a one-year program designed to prepare future Early Intervention practitioners to:

  • Provide developmentally appropriate, research-based strategies for infants and toddlers with delays or disabilities
  • Provide empowering and capacity-building support to families through coaching interactions
  • Team effectively with professionals from related disciplines
  • Implement, disseminate, and advocate for evidence-based practices in Early Intervention

Group portrait of the KSU chapter of Women in Aviation International

 The Women in Aviation International (WAI) Chapter at Kent State University has received a $5,000 donation from Republic Airways, an official partner of the university's College of Aeronautics and Engineering's (CAE).The funds will support 10 students from Kent State to attend the 35th annual WAI Conference in Orlando, Florida, March 21-23 at the Orlando World Center Marriott.Republic Airways serves as one of the pathway programs for Kent State’s professional pilot major.“Each year at the Women in Aviation International Conference, Republic Airways and Leadership in Flight Training (LIFT)...

UCS Pi Day 2024 Celebration

March 14, otherwise known as Pi Day for its numerical similarities to the famous mathematical constant, has become a widely celebrated occasion, both in educational settings and among math aficionados.In honor of the day, students, faculty and staff gathered in room 218 of the Kent Student Center for the Slice of Pi event to sample pizza pies from dining locations across campus. This is the University Culinary Services’ second year celebrating Pi Day, with last year’s event focusing on the opening of Homeslice Pizzeria in the Hub.After making their pizza selections, attendees also partici...

Olivia Carnprobst standing next to a Piper Seminole aircraft

 Olivia (Semon) Carnbprobst’s, ’23, journey from a high school junior at the Nikki Kukwa Memorial Aviation Camp (NKMAC) to a first officer at Endeavor Air epitomizes the camp's impact on young women's careers in aviation.Founded in memory of Nikki Kukwa, an outstanding Kent State University aeronautics student who helped establish the Women in Aviation International Student Chapter, Flying Black Squirrels, the NKMAC aims to continue her legacy. Kukwa's life, tragically cut short by leukemia in 2006 while earning her instrument rating as a junior in the professional pilot program, remains ...

Claudia Garcia

Congratulations! to Claudia (CV) Garcia, a Ph.D. candidate and graduate assistant in the Higher Education program in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, has an article published in the Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers.Titled “Representation Matters,” the article summarizes the research Claudia has been working on, and will be presenting at the American Association for Educational Research (AERA) conference in April in Philadelphia. Claudia also works as a graduate teaching fellow in the Graduate College.SWE Magazine is the award-winning publication of the Societ...

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