Project FUTURE is a collaboration between Michigan State University's Special Education and Rehabilitation Counselor Education programs and Penn State University's Special Education and Counselor Education and Supervision programs to provide 4 years of funding (i.e., tuition, stipend, health insurance, research support) for 8 doctoral Scholars.
FUTURE Scholars will be prepared to lead the fields of special education and rehabilitation counseling with expertise in four competencies:
(1) Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices
(2) Community-Based Participatory Research
(3) Interagency and Family Collaboration
(4) Disability Policy and Advocacy
An apprenticeship model, in which FUTURE Scholars are socialized into the culture of academia, will prepare Scholars to influence policy and practice through research and scholarship, teaching and supervision of future practitioners, and outreach and service to their communities and the profession as faculty.
Scholars participate in a core curriculum focused on transition and collaboration, learning to collaborate and work across service delivery systems to prepare students with IDD for successful transition. Scholars will be prepared to become faculty leaders who can prepare highly qualified special educators and rehabilitation counselors who can collaborate across their respective disciplines to successfully prepare students with IDD to achieve their post-secondary goals (e.g., competitive integrated employment, community and independent living, post-secondary education).
FUTURE Scholars will be prepared to lead the fields of special education and rehabilitation counseling with expertise in four competencies:
(1) Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices
(2) Community-Based Participatory Research
(3) Interagency and Family Collaboration
(4) Disability Policy and Advocacy
An apprenticeship model, in which FUTURE Scholars are socialized into the culture of academia, will prepare Scholars to influence policy and practice through research and scholarship, teaching and supervision of future practitioners, and outreach and service to their communities and the profession as faculty.
Scholars participate in a core curriculum focused on transition and collaboration, learning to collaborate and work across service delivery systems to prepare students with IDD for successful transition. Scholars will be prepared to become faculty leaders who can prepare highly qualified special educators and rehabilitation counselors who can collaborate across their respective disciplines to successfully prepare students with IDD to achieve their post-secondary goals (e.g., competitive integrated employment, community and independent living, post-secondary education).