Amanda Sullivan, Birkmaier Education Leadership Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, received a new $1.25M grant to support interdisciplinary training to advance learning disability services in Minnesota. Project I-LEAD: Interdisciplinary Learning Disability Education to Advance Development is part of the federal Interdisciplinary Preparation in Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services for Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs program. It provides funding for the preparation of 18 school psychologists and special educators with expertise in research-based supports and individualized instruction for students with high-intensity learning disabilities.

The project will be implemented by Amanda Sullivan, principle investigator and project director, with Michelle Marchant-Wood, Elyse Farnsworth, Jessie Kember, and Rose Vukovic from the school psychology and special education programs.