In addition to navigating the financial and academic worlds of college to prepare for a career in epidemiology — the causes and spread of disease — John Garbutt works part time and facilitates his own wraparound team that is helping him succeed at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.
Senator Robert L. Duncan announced that the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities awarded $74,996 to the Texas Tech University Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research.
Senator Robert L. Duncan announced that the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities awarded $174,854 to Texas Tech University for the first year of a project to help students with developmental disabilities transition to jobs in their community.
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities awarded funds to Texas Tech University in Lubbock for a five-year project that started Oct. 1, 2011.
As a result of a recently awarded $1.1 million grant from the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (TCDD), Texas Tech University will soon house Project CASE, a program whose goal is to help students with developmental disabilities navigate through the higher education system.