What is IPP?
Interprofessional Preparation for Related Services Professionals Serving Children with Disabilities Who Have High Intensity Needs, hereafter referred to as the Interprofessional Preparation Program (IPP), is a one-year training opportunity that includes both didactic and experiential learning in clinical and community-based settings along with a self-directed course of study regarding providing services to children and youth in schools. The opportunity is available to graduate students in related services professions* seeking training in interprofessional evaluation and management of school-age children and youth with disabilities presenting with high-intensity needs. The Human Development Center at LSU Health Sciences Center, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), offers the opportunity in an effort to address the national and state personnel shortages in related services professions. The graduate students complete IPP in tandem with their discipline-specific training program.
IPP can be entered in the Spring 2025 term of the academic year and runs for 9 months from the date of entry. Application dates for the 2025 Cohort follow.
| Spring Entry 2024 |
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| Application Due: |
09/27/2024 |
| Acceptance Notices: |
10/11/2024 |
| Orientation to IPP: |
01/06/2025 |
*For the purposes of this program, “related services” includes the following: speech-language pathology and audiology services; interpreting services; psychological services; applied behavior analysis; physical therapy and occupational therapy; recreation, including therapeutic recreation; social work services; counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling; and orientation and mobility services.
Overview of Training Program Requirements
In order to be eligible for acceptance into IPP, scholars must complete the training requirements listed below.
- Orientation to IPP to be held (Monday, January 6, 2025)
- Seminars (location TBD)
- In-person and/or virtual seminars allowing for discussion/reflection regarding self-directed study
Program Requirements
Trainees must be available to attend the orientation (Monday, January 6, 2025), the seminars, the field experiences and the complete submission of presentation to a regional/national conference. Additionally, the trainees must complete the self-directed, experiential course of study and present portfolio of artifacts at the end of the course of study. Please read the list of program requirements outlined below. Topics addressed in the course of study include:
- Child Health & Child Healthcare
- Human Development & Performance (Birth to 22 Years)
- Disability Studies
- Disability Laws and Regulation
- Response to Intervention
- Introduction to Special Education
- Family Centered Care
- Cultural Competency
- Universal Design for Learning
- Assistive Technology
- IEP/IFSP Development