Interdisciplinary
Seminar
This
project provides interdisciplinary training which acts as a
capstone for students who plan to work with people who have
developmental disabilities. The two-hour course brings together
students from the following disciplines: nursing, social work,
education, vocational rehabilitation, and counseling. Through
the use of case studies, students learn to work as a "team"
in order to identify and provide needed services for the person(s)
highlighted. Specifically, students learn the roles of the different
helping professionals and their jargon. Evaluations are always
positive, but more importantly, students who have graduated
and started working in their field of study return to say this
course above all others prepared them for their job.
Experience
College
The
goal of this summer camp is to give high school students the
confidence that they can attend college. Deciding to attend
college for most people is a scary thought, but it is more so
if the person has a hearing impairment, visual problem, mobility
concern, etc. This camp, therefore, allows high school students
with developmental disabilities come and experience what it
would be like to attend college. The students live in the dorm,
eat in the cafeteria, and attend classes designed to help them
in college such as study skills, time management, library research,
etc.
Contact:
Nancy Thomason
East Central University
580-332-8000 ext. 455
nthmsn@mailclerk.ecok.edu
University
of Tulsa (TU)
The
University of Tulsa (TU) is a private, independent,
doctoral-degree-granting institution whose mission reflects
these core values: excellence in scholarship, dedication to
free inquiry, integrity of character, and commitment to humanity.
TU provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional education
of the highest quality in the arts, humanities, sciences, business,
education, engineering, law, nursing, and applied health sciences.
The university
campus lies two miles east of downtown Tulsa; a handsome, vigouous,
southwestern city in a metropolitan area of over half a million
people, set among the hills and lakes of northeastern Oklahoma's
"Green Country." In its rich urban environment, TU
offers a diversity of learning experiences, a balance between
career preparation and liberal education, teaching and research,
and endeavors to instill in its students an understanding that
stature as an individual and value as a member of society depend
upon continual learning.
Dr. Judy
Berry is a professor of psychology specializing in developmental
and family psychology. She is the author (with Michael Hardman)
of Lifespan
Perspectives on the Family and Disability,
Her
research centers on parental stress in dual-earner families
and in families that include a child with disabilities or chronic
illness, and she developed (with Warren Jones) the Parental
Stress Scale. She has received a number of
advocacy awards for her work with children and families, including
the Tarbel Achievement Award and the Medicine Wheel Award.
Dr. Berry
is currently collaborating with our Family
Support Partnership to produce a booklet titled
Supported Families, that will highlight the use of
the Oklahoma Family
Support Principles, illustrated by success
stories.
Contact:
Judy
Berry
University of Tulsa
918 -631-2834
Judy-Berry@utulsa.edu
Southwestern
Oklahoma State University (SWOSU)
The
School of Education is located on the Southwestern
Oklahoma State University campus in Weatherford.
The school is situated on the west side of the campus in its
own building which also houses the Distance
Learning facility which has the capability of sending
live video to any location in Oklahoma through connections to
OneNet.
SWOSU has
one project partially funded by the Center for Learning and
Leadership.
Camp
Happy Hollow
Camp Happy Hollow provides a four-day residential summer camp
opportunity for campers with developmental disabilities, ages
6 through 13. The project also serves as a practicum experience
for special education majors at both the undergraduate and graduate
levels. The camp traditionally runs from Tuesday through Friday
beginning on Tuesday after Memorial Day. There are usually 80
to 150 campers in attendance each year some of which may not
have disabilities. The program focuses on creating an inclusionary
environment responsive to the needs of each individual camper.
The staff focuses on each child's needs and the kinds of support
and assistance necessary to create a positive experience. Camp
Happy Hollow is held on the campus of Southwestern Oklahoma
State University.
Contact:
Ronna
Vanderslice
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
580-774-3145
vanderr@swosu.edu
