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FCIC Trainee
If you participate in any of these FCIC programs and activities:
To become a trainee, contact Tanisha Clarke-Dobney.
One of the missions of FCIC and UCEDDs is to expand and influence higher education curriculum to impart knowledge on developmental disabilities to accomplish a shared vision or ensuring that all Americans, including Americans with developmental disabilities, participate fully in their communities. Independence, productivity, and community inclusion are key components of this vision. FCIC offers interdisciplinary training programs and activities that provide opportunities for students and professionals to learn more about how to promote the full inclusion and support of individuals with developmental disabilities within community through a core curriculum. For more information, contact Tanisha Clarke-Dobney.
Applied Behavior Analysis Program
The Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Program is designed to meet growing needs in Florida and nationally for practitioners who can work effectively in the fields of developmental disabilities, education, autism, child protective services, rehabilitation, mental health, and business and technology. ABA provides an approach for developing, implementing, and evaluating practical strategies to produce changes in socially significant behaviors of individuals in the context of community settings. This interdisciplinary program was designed to create a comprehensive, cohesive degree program in applied behavior analysis to train students to become practitioners and researchers and as such provides coursework and practical supervision across three colleges (College of Behavioral and Community Sciences College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education) with faculty expertise in applied behavior analysis, psychology, and special education.
Graduate Certificate Program in Positive Behavior Support
This online certificate program offers a 12 credit hour course of study to prepare individuals in mental health, school psychology, school administration, education, early education, and social work to implement Positive Behavior Support with individuals, in schools, and early childhood settings. The certificate program includes classes focused on providing consultation and guiding collaboration, implementing school wide positive behavior support, addressing behavior challenges in young children, and intensive individualized interventions.
Graduate Course: Issues and Trends in Developmental Disabilities
This interdisciplinary course on disability issues and trends provides students with a background in the history of disabilities, an overview of the impact of disabilities across the life span, and the implications for policy, legislation, education and services. This course is taught by interdisciplinary faculty, including families and persons with disabilities and meets face-to-face three times monthly with the fourth week devoted to a project of practical application. Students have the opportunity to apply for stipends to enroll in this course and complete the requirements.
Interdisciplinary Center for Evaluation and Intervention (ICEI) Clinical Rotation
The Interdisciplinary Center for Evaluation and Intervention (ICEI; formerly USF FDLRS) is funded by the Florida Department of Education to offer interdisciplinary evaluations and interventions to students between the ages of 3 and 22 who present with serious behavior problems and complex social/emotional, developmental, learning, medical, and other co-occurring conditions. The primary focus of the clinic is to conduct functional behavior assessments and develop function-based support plans that are feasible and effective to be implemented in school and other settings. A secondary focus is to provide exemplary, comprehensive evaluations for students at risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental or psychological conditions. The clinic services are no-cost to the community and attempts to reach underserved individuals. Students can receive practicum experiences by participating on the clinic’s interdisciplinary team that includes professionals and graduate students representing the areas of psychology, behavior analysis, pediatrics, psychiatry, special education, social work, public health, and families.
Medical Students: Primary Care & Special Populations Clerkship (People with Disabilities Module)
In 2005, the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine integrated an Interdisciplinary clerkship that included a “Primary Care of Special Populations” rotation, which includes an emphasis on patients with disabilities. Through a variety of activities, medical students are given the opportunity to explore and learn about people with disabilities. They begin to understand that people with disabilities can and do live fulfilling lives not much different than themselves. Through these personal experiences, the students increase their knowledge of disability, decrease negative attitudes toward people with disabilities and increase their comfort level in providing care to their patients with disabilities.
Project TSBA: Preparing Tiered System Behavior Analysts
Project TSBA: Preparing Tiered System Behavior Analysts is a 5-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The purpose of Project TSBA is to prepare highly qualified behavior analysts who can work collaboratively with educators to provide Tier 3 behavioral interventions to high-need children with disabilities and who can provide leadership in implementing the multi-tiered systems of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in schools. 
By blending the ABA Master’s Program and PBS Graduate Certificate Program, the project will prepare 4 cohorts of 4 students on a 2-year cycle to graduate with a master’s degree in ABA as well as with a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst certification and a PBS certificate.
Training and Research Mentorship
FCIC faculty members from various disciplines (e.g., nursing, public health, psychology, education) can provide mentorship to students who are engaged in research related to individuals with developmental disabilities. Faculty provides this support through thesis and dissertation mentorship, directed individualized studies, and externally-funded training and technical assistance projects. Students who are mentored by FCIC faculty are provided with an orientation to the history, values and principles that guide the work of FCIC in the support of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Benefits
The Interdisciplinary Training provides students with an integrated education program that relies upon the interdependent contributions of the collaborating team members. These team members may include people with disabilities and their families, health and allied health professionals, and community providers. Students enrolled in the program learn valuable skills in collaboration, communication, the critical importance of self-advocacy, and how to fully support the community inclusion of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Participation in the program provides students with instruction, support, and mentorship from faculty and staff who are nationally recognized in the field of developmental disabilities including autism and in the support of individuals with challenging behavior Trainees in the program become part of a national network of trainees affiliated with University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD).
Expectations
AUCD encourages trainees to be involved in the national network of LEND, UCEDD, and IDDRC programs and has created a number of opportunities for trainee involvement. There are over 4,000 AUCD trainees enrolled in the nation's LEND, UCEDD, and IDDRC programs. By being a trainee at an AUCD-member program, individuals are also members of AUCD. These AUCD trainees form a network and can learn from each other by discussing and sharing their common interests and unique experiences.
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Interdisciplinary Training Program for Trainees – Overview This overview defines and provides basic information about the interdisciplinary training program in a printable format. |
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Interdisciplinary Training Program for Trainees – Enrollment Form All trainees are required to complete an enrollment form in order to be established as a trainee and entered into a secured database. As trainees are stored in the secured database, a unique trainee ID is automatically generated which is then used to allow for confidential contact update and surveying, following the training program.
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This Trainee Welcome Guide is intended to welcome new trainees to the AUCD network, help them understand the depth and breadth of the network they are a part of, and outline some of the many benefits and resources available to them so they can maximize their time as a trainee in one of AUCD's member programs. A membership card is included to solidify trainee identification as a "card-carrying member" of AUCD.
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This multimedia presentation begins with a brief video about the network by AUCD’s Executive Director George Jesien, and then users can click through a guided tour to learn more about various parts of the organization.
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AUCD Interdisciplinary Trainee Handbook The AUCD Trainee Handbook is intended to be used to support AUCD network trainees with a variety of learning goals. This document will provide a consistent approach to accessing information about the network, its history, our federal partners, and the rich resources available to trainees.
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Tool Kit of Pre-Service Curricular Materials This kit provides a compilation of pre-service curricular materials targeted to medical students/residents, dental students, nursing students, interdisciplinary students, and Foundational or Historical students. |
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