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Publication Date: 2000
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Project Access: A Program To Improve Service Delivery for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations with Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders.
Guillory, Barbara L.
Teacher Education and Special Education, v23 n4 p271-80 Fall 2000
This article describes Project Access, a program at Southern University (Louisiana) designed to recruit, retain, and train speech-language/pathology students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Seminars that explore speech and language disorders of diverse populations were added to the required curriculum. Students receive support in the forms of financial aid, mentoring, and specialized academic support. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Special Education, College Students, Communication Disorders, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems, Graduate Study, Hearing Impairments, Language Impairments, Limited English Speaking, Speech Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Student Personnel Services, Student Recruitment, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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