brown puzzle piece bullet Projects

  • Research Site Coordinator, “Transition: Opening Doors To Success:  National Early Childhood Transition Research Center.”  Five-year research grant submitted by the University of Kentucky, August 17, 2002 under the Research and Innovation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities, as administered by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.   Funded:  Jan 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.  [Transition]
     
  • Co-principal investigator, “VIVA! Vital Issues In Virtual Assemblies.”  State-wide proposal for three-year Catalyst grant submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3).  Submitted by the University of Wisconsin-System (Dr. Dana Nelson, PI), UW-Oshkosh (Dr. Carmen Coballes-Vega, co-PI), and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (Dr. Karen Viechnicki, co-PI), Funded:  July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004.  [VIVA]
     
  • Co-principal investigator, "Interdisciplinary Preservice Preparation for Personnel Serving Preschool/Primary Children and Families in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Urban Settings."   Interdisciplinary proposal for improving the preparation of personnel to serve children with high-incidence disabilities, submitted to the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, 5/1/98.  Funded 12/1/98 – 11/30/01.  [DUIT]
     
  • Co-principal investigator, “Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Early Intervention.”   Collaborative proposal for research institute submitted to the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs by the University of Illinois, Council for Exceptional Children, and the University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee, 5/9/96.  Funded 1/1/97 – 12/31/01.  [CLAS]

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