Jobs
Assistive Technology Mgr/Sr. Assistive Technology Mgr
Posted March 30, 2022
Join a vibrant community dedicated to excellence. The Center for Disabilities Studies works to enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families through education, advocacy, service and research. It promotes empowerment and opportunity, accessibility and inclusiveness, so all may fully participate in – and enrich – their communities.
Limited Term Researcher, Center for Disabilities Studies
Posted March 30, 2022
The ACCESS project is looking for outstanding candidates for an Limited term research position. Coaches will provide consultation to teachers in providing content-based instruction that is modified for students with significant intellectual disabilities as well as supporting teachers with tier one instructional supports for a wide range of students. The coaches will provide group professional development sessions, school-based coaching, and assess teachers’ fidelity to curriculum and project goals.
Career Counselor, Career & Life Studies Certificate
Posted January 6, 2022
The Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) at the UD Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) is seeking a Career Counselor to support students in acquiring work-based learning experiences and person-centered career exploration.
Program Coordinator, Career & Life Studies Certificate
Posted January 6, 2022
The Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) at the University of Delaware Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) is seeking a Program Coordinator to lead on-campus activities for CLSC students, including student life and academics.
Coach a UD Student w/ ID — Newark, Del.
Posted August 25, 2021
Earn $12 an hour, up to 28 hours per week, helping coach a UD student with intellectual disabilities as the student pursues academic, interpersonal, career and independent living goals.
Internships & Assistantships
LEND trainee position – family member
Posted July 27, 2020
Are you related to a child or youth with a developmental disability?
Would you like to learn more about educational and health system practices, share about your lived experience, strengthen your leadership skills and build a network of professionals who practice family-centered care?
Apply to be a trainee in the University of Delaware’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program.
LEND trainee position – self-advocate
Posted July 27, 2020
Calling self-advocates with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities!
Learn more about educational and health-system practices, share about your lived experiences and strengthen your leadership skills as a trainee in the University of Delaware’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program.
Career & Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) Internship
Posted March 20, 2020
CLSC is a 2-year certificate program at UD for students with intellectual disabilities. Internships offer an opportunity to learn about inclusive higher education, conduct coaching and workshops, and facilitate campus connections with CLSC students.
Volunteering
Become a CDS advisor
Posted March 10, 2022
Seeking people with disabilities and/or their family members to join the Center’s Community Advisory Council. As a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, CDS maintains an advisory body with a majority of members representing people with disabilities and family members of people with disabilities. CDS benefits from an engaged Community Advisory Council (CAC), many members of which have long-standing affiliations with the Center.
Become a LEND host family
Posted March 21, 2020
This program works to help graduate student Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) trainees connect meaningfully with families in which at least one of the members is a child with a neurodevelopmental disability.
Looking for volunteers to share lived experiences with UD students
Posted February 19, 2020
Share your story with passionate, engaged University of Delaware students enrolled in the Disability Studies minor! CDS is seeking individuals with disabilities and family members of individuals with disabilities to help students in the minor’s capstone course, Senior Seminar, learn first-hand about living with a disability.