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WACO, Texas (March 4, 2021) –
Stephanie Gerow, Ph.D., assistant professor of educational psychology in the Baylor University
School of Education, has earned a coveted grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund research that will provide early childhood professionals with behavioral intervention training for children with developmental disabilities.
The award an Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Early Career Development and Mentoring Award from the U.S. Department of Education provides $493,412 in research funding and is the first of its kind awarded to a Baylor faculty member.
“What we find is that kids with developmental disabilities are more likely to engage in problem behavior, and those kids are at a higher risk for having lifelong difficulties without interventions that can improve those problem behaviors,” Gerow said. “For the community agencies that provide important services to children with developmental disabilities, there h ....

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