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Student Technical Assistance Response (STAR) Teams
Overview
The purpose of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate a Student Technical Assistance Response (STAR) Team that provides technical assistance to school districts and parents of children with significant disabilities in general education settings. Priority is given to students with intellectual disabilities from the 43 Connecticut school districts that have been identified by the State Department of Education as having the poorest record of including children with intellectual disabilities in the general education curriculum and environment. The University of Connecticut Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD) designed this project in collaboration with Central Connecticut State University, The UCONN Neag School of Education, LEARN (a regional Education Service Center or RESC), Arc/CT and private inclusive education consultants.
The services provided through the project are delivered at no cost to school districts or parents. The project accepts referrals from school district personnel and/or parents of children with disabilities via telephone, mail or email. The on-site technical assistance is conducted by using a collaborative consultation model. The project staff builds a helping relationship with the student’s planning and placement team. The series of steps in the process involves the team in the definition of the problem, the development of possible solutions, and the design of an action plan.
Major Activities
- Provide referring school districts and/or families with student-specific technical assistance from a cadre of professionals with expertise in educating children with significant disabilities in general education settings, thus increasing the number of students with access to the general education curriculum and environment.
- Collect and disseminate data on effective, evidence-based interventions, thus increasing the availability of knowledge and resources in this area.
- Develop and validate a replicable collaborative consultative process for technical assistance that will be made available for use by school district personnel as well as other private inclusive educational consultants.
Publications
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Contact
Gina Fleming
Phone: (860) 679.1560
E-mail: gfleming@uchc.edu
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