Current Projects
Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration
Career Horizons Project
The purpose of the Career Horizon's Project is to increase job retention among those who have acquired a disability or who have a disability while suffering from long COVID symptoms.
Funded by the Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities
Bridges to Speak: Communication Training
Bridges to Speak is designed to train low-tech augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) methods to students and school districts in need.
Funded by HRSA
MSU - BRIDGE
MSU-Bridge provides financial support to graduate students who are obtaining applied experiences in rural, underserved areas in Mississippi.
Funded by Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities
U-Thrive
U-Thrive teaches individuals ages 18-30 with developmental disabilities critical life skills including money management, self-advocacy, community involvement, social relationships, and employment skills.
Funded by the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Healthy Transitions Mississippi
Healthy Transitions Mississippi offers mental health services to youth ages 16-25 years of age, while providing high quality training and needs assessments on barriers to access mental health services.
Psychology Graduate Assistantships
School Psychology Training Grants
This initiative is a partnership between Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District and the school psychology program. The proposed project had one central goal: to host a layered training paradigm including graduate assistants and practicum trainees in school psychology working directly with full-time school counselors, school psychologists, and behavior interventionist in the school.
Bulldog Bookworm: A Remedial Reading Partnership
This initiative is a partnership between Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District and Mississippi Institute on Disabilities (MIoD). The mission of Bulldog Bookworm is to provide intensive remedial reading instruction based on the science of reading for kindergarten through second grade students in our community.