The CDL offers outreach services to meet the growing needs of the community. We provide support through a variety of contractual services--
- training and continuing education for families and professionals
- technical assistance for professionals, schools, LMEs, government and state agencies
- direct services for children or adults
--to ensure cost-effective ways to guarantee up-to-date service provision and professional education for people with developmental disabilities.
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The following is a partial list of contracts currently underway at the CDL:
The Chapel Hill Carrboro Head Start/Pre-K Consultation and Training contract for the 2004-05 school year is for the CDL to provide mental health and behavioral consultation for teachers, administration, parents, and caregivers in the program, as well as to provide technical assistance regarding behavior management, child develop...
Early Childhood LINK is a model training, consultation, and technical assistance project in which an expert transdisciplinary team, based at the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), will work collaboratively with a wide range of infant, toddler, and preschoo...
The reproductive health of women with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities (MR/ DD) has been terribly neglected. Often parents are uncomfortable discussing issues relevant to women's health, such as menstruation, gynecological exams, self-breast exams, mammograms, and sexuality. As a result, many women with ...
NEED: While they might continue to benefit from intervention services, for a variety of reasons historically there has been low incidence in provision of occupational therapy services to middle school and high school aged students with disabilities. Additionally, most public charter schools do not have the benefits of access to ...
NEED: Services to individuals with MR/DD who are aged teen through elderly are woefully inadequate, especially in rural and non-institutionalized settings. Many of these individuals would benefit from individualized strategies used to improve their quality of life and levels of independence, participation, and enjoyment of occup...
NEED: Support services to adults with autism with/without dual diagnoses have been historically inadequate, especially in rural and non-institutionalized settings. Many of these individuals would benefit from individualized strategies used to improve their quality of life and levels of independence, participation, and enjoyment ...
NEED: Living With Nature is a new residence-based intervention model that incorporates principles of self-determination, horticulture therapy and occupational therapy through supported choice making and participation in nature-related activities. This program model is designed for historically underserved older adults with MR/DD...
Low income and minority women are at increased risk for a number of chronic diseases associated with dietary and other lifestyle practices. In an effort to provide community-based public health nutrition training to both nutritionists with primarily clinical training and other health professionals with limited nutrition backgro...
Personnel from the University of North Carolina's Center for Development and Learning will assist Carolina Legal Assistance by designing and carrying out the evaluation of CLA's training activities related to guardianship. CLA is beginning the third year of a 3-year project to train local Clerk of Court and other interested part...
Strengthening Families uses computer technology to connect families with other families and with organizations. This is a pilot project funded by ADD to provide support, information, and referrals to families in eastern North Carolina.
The Center for Development and Learning acts as a consultant to the Assuring Better Child Health and Development "ABCD" Program Evaluation. North Carolina's approach to building Medicaid capacity for child development services is to identify best practices/ issues from local initiatives, and use these lessons to shape replicati...
Next Generation: Acting for Advocacy (A4A)
The purpose of A4A is to improve the odds for youths to graduate with a high school diploma and make a successful transition to their community. We will achieve this through collaboration with students, school personnel, family members, and community members. We will provide an o...
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