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UTSA to receive $9 million grant to help close the employment gap for adults who are neurodiverse UTSA is partnering with Morgan’s Multi-Assistance Center (Morgan’s MAC) and Southern Methodist University to address the long-standing challenge of getting neurodiverse adults into the workforce. The program, titled Employ210<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqE...;, will receive $9 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Education to further the department’s goal to add youth and adults with disabilities to the 21st-century workforce. Read on UTSA Today<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTsL... [https://files.constantcontact.com/b082f239901/bd483e1e-2442-491b-824b-630... Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Master's Student Melissa Zúñiga Named Region 20 Secondary Teacher of the Year<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTsLY... TESL Master's student Melissa Zúñiga was named the Region 20 Secondary Teacher of the Year! Ms. Zúñiga was also recently selected as one of six state finalists for Teacher of the Year by the Texas Association of School Administrators. Read on NBISD News<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTsLY... [https://files.constantcontact.com/b082f239901/df8537a9-5f11-411c-9dca-07e... Trepal collaborating with UT Health San Antonio researchers awarded grant to address substance use disorder treatment provider shortage<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEg... Heather Trepal<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTs...;, Ph.D., LPC-S, professor in the UTSA Department of Counseling and associate dean for Academic Program and Student Success, is collaborating with a team of researchers in the School of Health Professions at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), which was awarded a grant of $759,300 by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency. Read on UTSA COEHD<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTsL...     [https://files.constantcontact.com/b082f239901/c5d2cb48-4c0e-417a-b988-ebb...]   Nichols named co-editor of inaugural journal, Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEg... Sharon Nichols<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgT...;, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, has been named the inaugural co-editor of Educational Psychology for Policy and Practice (EPPP). The launch of this new journal comes from the APA’s publishing division entering an agreement with APA Division 15 (Educational Psychology). Read on UTSA COEHD<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgTsL... [https://files.constantcontact.com/b082f239901/75bd7a65-b6bd-43be-ab26-a4c...] Dr. Victor Villarreal Recognized by TASP as September Shining School Psychology Trainer<https://lak5sjgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QzVq9k3Vqrb3rMnfiqEgT... Victor Villarreal, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, was recognized by the Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP) as the September Shining School Psychology Trainer. 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