OVERVIEW

The purpose of the Post-Secondary Education Research Center (PERC) project is to demonstrate and research exemplary practices in supporting students with intellectual disabilities ages 18-21 in postsecondary settings. This five-year model demonstration project will involve collaboration between TransCen Inc. and two public school systems currently serving students with intellectual disabilities in college settings in Maryland and Connecticut. The PERC sites in each state will serve as model replication hubs, providing technical assistance and replication strategies to other school systems interested in successfully establishing or improving this model of service delivery for their students ages 18-21 with intellectual disabilities.

PERC PROJECT OBJECTIVES

The major objectives of the PERC project are to:

  1. Conduct site improvement activities at each PERC site;
  2. Support each PERC site to provide statewide technical assistance on developing or improving programs in postsecondary settings;
  3. Collect and synthesize empirical data on the efficacy and outcomes of this model of service delivery; and
  4. Disseminate the findings nationally through publications and presentations.

For more information about the PERC Project, please contact:

Meg Grigal, Ph. D.
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 700
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 424-2002, ext 221 megrigal@transcen.org
The PERC Project is supported by the United States Department Of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, OSERS Grant #324C040030.