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University
of Colorado at Denver
School of Education
900 Auraria Pkwy
Denver, CO
80204-1894
Web address: www.cudenver.edu |
Kids
in Development Study Personnel:
Phil
Strain
Co-Principal Investigator/Regional Site Director
Phone: (303) 556-3353
Fax: (303) 556-3911
E-mail: phil.strain@cudenver.edu
Edy Purcell
Research Site Coordinator
Phone: (303) 352-3783
Fax: (303) 556-3911
E-mail: edy.purcell@cudenver.edu
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Description of Program
The Kids
in Development Study Research Site at the University of Colorado
at Denver, School of Education will focus on studying families
of children with Autism and children from multi-risk families
and communities.
The School
of Education at CU-Denver has long been considered a top educator
of teachers at the master's and doctoral levels. The School offers
degree programs in administrative leadership, counseling psychology
and counselor education, curriculum and instruction, early childhood
education, educational leadership, educational psychology, information
and learning technologies, school psychology, and special education.
Licensure programs are also available in elementary education,
secondary education, special education, and Type D certification.
The need
for well-educated, talented teachers is expected to explode over
the next decade. Further, more and more states nationwide are
requiring teachers to achieve a heightened level of training and
professional development. As a student in the School of Education,
you will acquire the most contemporary methods and techniques,
you will learn from a renowned faculty of leading experts, and
you will become well prepared to begin opening the eyes of America's
youth.
Mission Statement
"The
School of Education provides leadership for learning to support
diverse individuals, communities, and organizations."
The School
of Education has established a well-deserved reputation in the
Denver metropolitan area as preparing highly competent, culturally
responsive and skillful leaders - in bilingual education, counseling,
general and special education, information and learning technologies,
literacy, school administration, school psychology, science and
mathematics education and in educational leadership. Our nationally
recognized partnerships with local schools and districts, our
close connections with infant and early childhood programs, and
our networks for mental health services demonstrate that the School
of Education emphasizes learning through practice in our teaching
and research.
Learning is our central concern as a graduate
school of education--learning by ourselves, our own learning and
learning by our students, and by the students and clients they
serve. We view learning broadly to encompass human development
activities throughout the life span in emotional, social, cognitive,
linguistic, physical and other domains. We believe that learning
extends beyond receiving information to understanding, judgment,
and conduct in one's personal and professional life.
Leadership is the means through which the School
of Education promotes and supports learning through (1) initial
and continuing education, (2) creating and sharing knowledge about
learning and development; and (3) supporting professional practice
through collaborations and partnerships.
Achieving leadership in these three areas requires the faculty
to work collaboratively to design and implement professional education
programs and support partnerships with community agencies. Nevertheless,
the quality of our leadership also depends on the ind ependent,
individual scholarship of faculty members that informs and adds
creativity to our corporate collective work. The School of Education
has two distinct and sometimes conflicting responsibilities. As
a professional school, we respond directly to the needs and goals
of organizations concerned with learning. At the same time, as
scholars and researchers, faculty have a responsibility to study,
understand, and critique existing conditions and research new
possibilities. Consequently, we both support existing organizations
and advocate for improvements, reforms and innovations.
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