Congrats to Carlo Panlilio on his grant to support instruction of trauma-informed practices in the classroom

Trauma can have detrimental effects on the academic performance of students, particularly those with disabilities. A five-year training grant awarded to researchers in the Penn State College of Education will collaboratively prepare master’s degree candidates as special education teachers and school counselors with specialized expertise in trauma-informed services for students with disabilities.

Project BRITE: Bringing Research and Intervention to Trauma-Informed Education has been awarded a $1.16 million grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will enable Project BRITE scholars in the Special Education and Counselor Education programs in the Penn State College of Education to receive full tuition support for the two years of the program.

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