The                                                              
Neurologic Disabilities Support Project

Funded by the Kansas State Department of Education Student Support Services
Administered by the Northeast Kansas Education Service Center

The Neurologic Disabilities Support Project (NDSP) is a part of the Kansas Instructional Support Network (KISN) and is one of the Kansas Statewide Technical Assistance Resource System (K-STARS) projects funded through a Title VI-B grant from the Kansas State Department of Education’s Student Support Services. 

The mission of the NDSP is to assist Kansas school districts in building their local capacity to serve students with neurologic disabilities.  Students with neurologic disabilities include those with acquired brain injury (e.g.  stroke, brain tumors, seizure disorders),  traumatic brain injury (TBI), autism, or other neurologically based disabilities.

 NDSP services include:

·         ongoing high quality professional development training and support for district autism teams and TBI miniteams

·         professional development training to establish autism teams in districts lacking local autism expertise

·         technical assistance on individual students with neurologic disabilities to help build district capacity to serve all students

·         dissemination of written and videotaped information on neurologic disabilities.

Who is Eligible to Receive Assistance from NDSP?

Kansas educators and school administrators may contact the NDSP to receive professional development training regarding neurologic disabilities and technical assistance for students with neurologic disabilities.

Parents of Kansas students with neurologic disabilities, as well as medical and community service personnel who serve those students, may contact the project to receive information on the education of students with neurologic disabilities.

Requests for school-based technical assistance and professional development training must be initiated by school personnel.

Why Should You Contact Us?

Students with neurologic disabilities present unique characteristics that often include cognitive, behavioral/social, sensory/motor, and language disorders that require specialized educational programming.

Many educators want information and guidance in planning effective educational programs for these students.

Through consultation and education, the NDSP will help school districts build their local capacity to provide appropriate services for all students.

NDSP Project Staff

Co-Directors:           

Janet Tyler                            Lee Stickle
jtyler@kumc.edu                  lstickle@kumc.edu

Autism Coordinator:           

Jane Goetz
jgoetz2@kumc.edu

Librarian:             

Eileen Buttron
ebuttron@kumc.edu

 
Neurologic Disabilities Support Project
Mail Stop 3055
University of Kansas Medical Center
Developmental Disabilities Center (DDC)
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Email: jtyler@kumc.edu
Phone: (913) 588-5943
Fax: (913) 588-5942

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