Kentucky Peer Service Learning Project
The Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute - University Center for Excellence, in collaboration with its state DD Partners and the KY Department of Education, has been awarded a two-year project grant funded by the U.S Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
This project will work with five KY high schools in:
(a) increasing access for students with moderate and severe disabilities
within general education classes and other school extra-curricular activities
through the use of peer tutors;
(b) developing inclusive service learning projects so that students with
significant disabilities can contribute to their communities by engaging
in service learning along side their high school peers; and
c) using high school peer tutors to assist students with developmental
disabilities in academic, personal, and career goal setting.
Finally, this project will work with the University of Kentucky and Morehead State University to develop “advanced placement” options for peer tutors to earn college credit for their peer tutoring experiences, in preparation for a possible career in special education.
This site is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute – University Center for Excellence, University of Kentucky and was developed in collaboration with the KY Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Morehead State University Department of Elementary, Reading, and Special Education.