Access, Intervention, and Student Success
There are close to seven million children with disabilities in the United States. Yet education leaders have had limited training in working with students with disabilities, and most have taken only one Access, Intervention, and Student Success course during their credential programs. As such there is a tremendous need for education leaders to understand and lead programs for effective Access, Intervention, and Student Success; specifically, need exists for doctoral programs designed to explicitly train administrators to lead in Access, Intervention, and Student Success. In A School Leader’s Guide to Access, Intervention, and Student Success, McLaughlin & Ruedel (2012) report only one percent of the doctoral programs available are designed to train Access, Intervention, and Student Success administrators.
Leaders within Access, Intervention, and Student Success help make exemplary education accessible to a broad range of students, irrespective of gifts/learning disabilities and physical/cognitive ability. Access, Intervention, and Student Success equips teachers and school administrators with eclectic skills to create culturally responsive learning opportunities in flexible ways that engage all students academically and socially. Featured courses include Leveraging Inclusive Practices and Services for All Students; Advanced Research in Access, Intervention, and Student Success: Legal, Historic, and Current Issues; and Advanced Social-Emotional Skills for Counselors and Educators.