CONTAACT-ME Recruiting Scholars

This spring, ten students were selected as CONTAACT-ME scholars. The Cross-disciplinary Online Training to promote Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Tele-Intervention for Maine project (or CONTAACT-ME) is an interdisciplinary project to recruit and retain educators and related service providers committed to working with young children with disabilities and their families. EI/ECSE and Communication Sciences and Disorders scholars will also focus on instruction about the use of augmentative and alternative tools and strategies for supporting young children with high-intensity communication needs. This will also address the need for Maine’s early childhood educators to be trained to use these practices and strategies. The CONTAACT-ME project is actively recruiting for the next cohort of scholars. Applications for the CONTAACT-ME funding opportunity will be accepted until June 30, 2021. Successful applicants will be notified by July 15, 2021, with an expected start date coinciding with the fall 2021 semester. To learn more about this project and to complete the application, please visit the CONTAACT-ME website.