Jackie Millin and colleagues, from the University of Kansas’ Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, received funding to investigate implementation supports for the I-Connect application. I-Connect is an application that allows users to track and monitor their behavior in real time. The grant is a federally funded project by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Stepping Up.
The project, Enabled Self-Monitoring for High School Students with Disabilities, aims to build implementation supports for I-Connect. Through the building of implementation supports, intervention stakeholders can improve classroom engagement and academic outcomes for high school students with disabilities. The project will design, improve, and investigate four ways to improve implementation:
- A readiness assessment
- Mobile application supports
- Website application supports
- Website resources for dissemination and training.
The research team identified the four necessary areas for scaling, maintaining fidelity, and creating sustained use of I-Connect by school staff and parents over time. Current implementation materials as well as the I-Connect application can be found at https://iconnect.ku.edu/. Users are welcome to sign up for an account and take a readiness quiz.
Contact: Jackie Millin
Email: Jmillin@ku.edu
University of Kansas