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Opportunity in Special Education Research

Focus on Related Services

The National Center for Special Education Research, part of the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, is seeking to fund research in the area of special education. Of particular interest is the following grant competition that specifically mentions related services as a priority research area:

• Grant Competition (CFDA No. 84.324A-2)
• Research Areas: Related Services, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Response to Intervention, and Secondary and Transition Services
• Range of Awards: $100,000 to $1,200,000
• Project Periods: Up to 5 years
• Deadline: November 1, 2007

Eligibility: Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, non-profit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions, such as colleges and universities.

Support from the National Alliance of Pupil Services Organizations (NAPSO) NAPSO would be interested in supporting any quality proposal designed to gather empirical evidence on the effectiveness of related services. Of particular interest are proposals that examine the broad range of disciplines represented by NAPSO, which include school counselors, school nurses, psychologists, school psychologists, social workers and school social workers; occupational therapists, physical therapists, art therapists, dance/movement therapists, and music therapists; speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Although related services must be the focus of the proposal in order to receive support, NAPSO encourages linking proposals to other research areas, such as autism or response to intervention, as this is likely to make the application more competitive.

NAPSO may be able to support your efforts by:

• Writing letters of support as a coalition and as individual professional organizations;
• Linking grant applicants to our member organizations, if the proposal includes surveying or otherwise communicating with various disciplines or professionals;
• Assisting applicants to connect with Washington, D.C. area U.S. Department of Education leaders, due to our proximity to their offices;
and
• Providing access to our communication networks with our members to help solicit participation from the field, locate expertise, or disseminate project results (e.g., via email, newsletters, Listservs, etc.).
• Providing a small stipend ($500) to assist in the development of a competitive research grant proposal addressing the efficacy of related services.

NAPSO Strategic Plan
With research as a focus area within NAPSO's strategic plan, we believe continuing development of the knowledge base supporting the relationship between quality related services and student success is essential to the goal of providing the evidence-based conclusions needed by policymakers, program administrators, and consumers.

Our organizations have identified the following five major questions as research priorities for your consideration:

1. Who are the students that benefit from pupil services? How old are they? What types of institutions do they attend?
2. What impact do pupil services have on the academic, social, emotional development/success of students?
3. Are there students who could benefit from these services but aren't receiving them? Why are these students not receiving these services?
4. How much contact with students does each professional have? How much is needed for optimum success?
5. How do these professionals interact with teachers and administrators in schools or at the school district level?

In addition, NAPSO recognizes that research involving related services may also wish to consider:

• How related services may be more efficiently and effectively delivered to general education students through ESEA/NCLB.
• Models where related service providers deliver interventions to all students with or without a special education diagnosis and based only upon the need for support services.
• How related service providers effectively work with teachers and parents to ensure high quality instruction for all students.

Please submit specific project suggestions or support requests to NAPSO Co-Chairs Myrna Mandlawitz mandlawitz@verizon.net or Christopher Campbell ccampbell@counseling.org no later than July 1, 2007.

For additional information on this grant opportunity, please see the announcement in the Federal Register on April 6, 2007: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/ 01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-1713.pdf

U.S. Department of Education:

Competitive grant opportunities are available through the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. For further information regarding any of the following competitions, please contact:
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW, room 3E300
Washington, DC 20202-6123
Telephone: (202) 260-3954, TDD: 1-800-877-8339.

To obtain Grant Application Packages, please contact:

The Education Publication Center
PO Box 1398
Jessup, Maryland 20794-1398
Telephone: 1-877-433-7827 TDD: 1-877-576-7734
Fax: 301-470-1244 Email: customerservice@edpubs.org
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NEW U.S. DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION GRANT POLICIES- MAY 2005

The U.S. Department of Education is transitioning to a web site, www.grants.gov that allows individuals and organizations to find and apply for grants from all grant-making agencies electronically. For information about Grants.gov you can also call the Grants.gov Help Desk at 1-800-518-GRANTS.

The Department's Grants Forecast lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. Notice of the Department of Education's new Policies and Procedural Requirements for Electronic Submission of Grant Applications

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