The School Psychology Program faculty are very active at seeking and receiving grant support. These grants serve to facilitate both the research and training agenda of the program. As a result, all students in the program at both doctoral and specialist levels last year were financially supported. Most of the support included both tuition and stipend for students who were on-campus. Continuation of this level of support is anticipated for the upcoming year as well.

Listed below are some of the projects on which current students are supported.

CURRENT PROJECTS:

• Response-to-Intervention Training Grant
  (Dr. Shapiro & Dr. Fritschmann)
  U.S. Department of Education, training certification level school psychologists as specialists in the development, implementation, and facilitation of RtI with particular attention to urban and rural settings, as well as the requirements of moving RtI toward the middle school level.
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• Project CARS
  (Dr. Kern)
  Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Our mission is to develop and evaluate interventions for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorder at the high school level.
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• Autism Training Grant
  (Dr. Cole)
  U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs project for Ed. S. students interested in attaining a specialization in inclusion of students with autism in general education settings.
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• Leadership Project in Pediatric School Psychology
  (Dr. DuPaul & Dr. Shapiro)
  US Department of Education Training Project for selected doctoral students interested in completing an endorsement in this specialization area of the program.
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PREVIOUS PROJECTS:

• Project MP3 - Monitoring Progress of Pennsylvania Pupils
  (Dr. Shapiro, Dr. Zigmond, and Dr. Warkomski )
  A collaborative model/demonstration project with Lehigh University, University of Pittsburgh, and the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
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• Project REACH
  (Dr. Kern and Dr.Gresham)
  A national Center, funded by the Office of Special Education Programs to work with students with intensive social, emotional, and behavioral needs. The project is a collaborative effort between Lehigh University and the University of California, Riverside.
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• Project LEARN
  (Dr. Shapiro, Dr. Nicolopoulou, and Dr. Manz)
  A partnership between Community Services for Children - Lehigh Valley Head Start and the Center for Promoting Research to Practice, Lehigh University, funded by an Early Reading First grant from the U.S. Department of Education to CSC.
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• Project ACHIEVE
  (Dr. DuPaul & Dr. Kern)
  NIH funded research project on psychosocial interventions for young children at-risk for ADHD.
  
  
• Low Incidence Training Grant
  (Dr. Cole & Dr. Shapiro)
  A US Department of Education Training Project for first and second year Ed. S. students interested in attaining a specialization in working with low incidence disabilities including students with autism, severe physical and cognitive deficits.
  
  
• Project PASS
  (Dr. DuPaul & Dr. Jitendra)
  A NIMH grant to examine academic interventions for students with ADHD.

OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Current research include:

• Centennial School
  (Dr. George)
  The University Laboratory School for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. Students may be employed in various capacities.
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• Center for Promoting Research to Practice
  (Dr. Shapiro)
  Schools, Families, Communities; a Lehigh University Research Center which houses numerous grants and projects dedicated to bringing research to practice.
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• Community Choices
  (Dr. Cole)
  A project where Lehigh University graduate students are employed as research interns to provide community-based support for vocational and leisure activities for individuals with developmental disabilities.
  
  
• Lehigh Support
  (Dr. Bambara)
  A project where Lehigh University graduate students are employed as program managers to provide support for community living arrangements to individuals with developmental disabilities.
  
  
• Transition & Assessments
  (Dr. Bambara & Dr. Cole)
  A project where Lehigh University graduate students are employed as research interns to provide assessment and support to transition-age youth, and/or job support to adults with disabilities.
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ACADEMIC AWARDS
Current awards include:

• University Fellowships
  A highly competitive award. Students from across the University compete.
  
  
• Tuition Scholarships
  Awarded competitively to students based on recommendation of faculty. Support usually carries awards that cover 75% of tuition costs.
  
  
• Graduate Assistantships
  Awarded competitively to students based on recommendation of faculty. Typically (but not always) supports senior students to work as faculty research assistants.
  
  
• Graduate Teaching Assistantships
  As a graduate college, the opportunities for undergraduate teaching are limited. However, we do have one position per year allocated to the teaching of introductory psychology for the Psychology Department.