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PREP
Project
Providing Resources
and Education for Professionals Who Work with Infants and Young Children
Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Their Families
Overview
The
PREP Project provides statewide training to increase awareness and develop
competencies of professionals in Virginia for working with infants and
young children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. (Funded
by Virginia Department of Education, Virginia Department of Health, Virginia
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services
(Part C) and the Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.)
Major Activities
- Develop curriculums for two levels of training: Awareness Level and Intermediate Level
- Establish and convene Steering Committee and Advisory Council for consultation
- Pilot Test of curricula
- Identify trainers for "Train the Trainer" model to implement on-going, statewide trainings
- Provide statewide training at two levels over two-year period
- Evaluate project activities
Project
Staff
Ann
Cox, Principal Investigator
Debbie Pfeiffer, Project Coordinator
Laura Robertson, Training Specialist
Contact
Ann
Cox at (804)828-8244, acox@hsc.vcu.edu
Debbie Pfeiffer at (804)827-0200, dlpfeiffer@vcu.edu
Laura Robertson at (804)827-0196, lroberts@saturn.vcu.edu