Global Education Academy KU Center on Disabilities

Courses & Events

Special Education Grants Webinar

Join us for a timely and in-depth webinar on May 13, 2026, noon Central Time, examining the shifting landscape of IDEA discretionary grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. We will analyze the current state of grant cancellations affecting IDEA Part D programs, including Community Parent Resource Centers, State Deafblind Projects, Personnel Development, State Personnel Development, and Interpreter Training Programs-impacting universities, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations across the country. Drawing on recent reporting from Education Week, we'll review the scope of discontinued grants, funding amounts, and the practical consequences for families, educators, and students with disabilities.

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CRE Framework: Reimagining Learning

Reimagining Learning Through the CRE Framework is a four-module online course designed for educators and leaders who are ready to innovate, integrate AI with purpose, and build learning environments that support long-term change. Grounded in the University of Kansas' CRE Framework, participants engage in interactive mini-lectures, AI tool explorations, data scenarios, vision-setting activities, and leadership simulations to explore transformation through three core lenses: disrupting traditional practice, elevating student involvement, and starting small to scale big.


This course is an invite-only training for rural Kansas and Missouri school districts who have partnered with CRE. If you are not in a current partnership with KU CRE and would like your school distrct to participate, please contact Megan Turpin at mturpin@ku.edu.


To get started with registration, click on the link below for the enrollment period currently available.

February 28, 2026 to May 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 10:Tier 2 Intervention

This micro-credential course provides an overview of the Tier 2 process in a Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Model of Prevention, detailing how to connect students to validated supports.

January 20, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 11: Tier 3 Strategies

This micro-credential course provides an overview of the Tier 3 process in the Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) Model of Prevention. Participants will learn about validated supports to address students' literacy, externalizing, and internalizing behavioral needs and how to use their school's Ci3T Implementation Manual alongside school-wide data (e.g., academic screening, attendance, office-discipline referrals) to identify students who might benefit from a Tier 3 intervention, select an aligned intervention, and examine intervention outcomes (i.e., student performance, treatment integrity, social validity) and next steps.

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 12: Intro to FABI

This micro-credential course is an introduction to Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI), a systematic approach to conducting a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and developing a behavior intervention plan (BIP). This course will give participants a brief overview of FABI a five-step, manualized process to identify the function of a challenging behavior (i.e., why the behavior occurs) and develop an aligned intervention plan to increase contextually- appropriate, productive replacement behaviors. FABI can be used as a Tier 3 intervention in Comprehensive, Integrated Three-tiered (Ci3T) Model of Prevention, but can also be useful in schools that do not have Ci3T in place. This course is a prerequisite to the more detailed Ci3T FABI Step 1- FABI Step 5 microcredential courses.

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 13: FABI Step 1

This micro-credential course offers an in-depth look at Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI) Step 1: Identifying Students Who May Need a FABI. Participants will learn how to examine multiple sources of data (e.g., attendance, behavior screening, academic screening, office discipline referrals) to identify students who may need a FABI. They will also learn how FABIs fit into the Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered (Ci3T) model of prevention and how to seek permissions from students and families who will be involved in the team-based FABI process.Prerequisite: Ci3T 1-Intro to Ci3T; Ci3T 12-Intro to FABI.

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 14: FABI Step 2

This micro-credential course offers an in-depth look at Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI) Step 2: Conducting the Functional Assessment. This course will teach participants how to operationally define the target (i.e., challenging behavior to reduce) and replacement (i.e., contextually appropriate behavior to increase) behaviors, collect data from a variety of sources (e.g., informal classroom observations, cumulative record review, interview with educators, family, and student, A-B-C data), and use the Function Matrix to determine the function of a behavior.Prerequisite: Ci3T 1-Intro to Ci3T; Ci3T 12-Intro to FABI, Ci3T 13-FABI Step 1

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 15: FABI Step 3

This micro-credential course offers an in-depth look at Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI) Step 3: Collecting Baseline Data. This course will teach participants how to select and use an appropriate measurement system to measure target (i.e., the challenging behavior to reduce) or replacement behaviors (i.e., contextually-appropriate behavior to increase), develop data collection procedures, and graph and interpret collected data.Prerequisite: Ci3T 1-Intro to Ci3T; Ci3T 12-Intro to FABI, Ci3T 13-FABI Step 1; Ci3T 14-FABI Step 2

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 16: FABI Step 4

This micro-credential course offers an in-depth look at Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI) - Step 4: Designing the FABI. This course will teach participants how to use the Function-based Intervention Decision Model to select an intervention method (i.e., Method 1: Teach the Replacement Behavior, Method 2: Adjust the Environment, Method 3: Shift the Contingencies, combination of Method 1 & Method 2), design the intervention with attention to antecedent, reinforcement, and extinction components, draft treatment integrity checklist, and collect pre-intervention social validity data.Prerequisite: Ci3T 1-Intro to Ci3T; Ci3T 12-Intro to FABI, Ci3T 13-FABI Step 1; Ci3T 14-FABI Step 2; Ci3T 15-FABI Step 3

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

GEA Ci3T 17: FABI Step 5

This micro-credential course offers an in-depth look at Functional Assessment-Based Intervention (FABI) - Step 5: Testing the Intervention. This course will teach participants how to test a FABI using single-case design methods (e.g., ABAB) and examine three questions (a) to what extent was the FABI put in place as planned (i.e., treatment integrity)?, (b) is there a functional relation between the introduction of the intervention and changes in student behavior?, and (c) to what degree did those involved (e.g., teacher, family, and the student themself) view the intervention as socially valid? Participants learn how to conclude the FABI process including documentation and plans for generalization and maintenance.Prerequisite: Ci3T 1-Intro to Ci3T; Ci3T 12-Intro to FABI, Ci3T 13-FABI Step 1; Ci3T 14-FABI Step 2; Ci3T 15-FABI Step 3; Ci3T 16-FABI Step 4

January 23, 2026 to June 30, 2026, Self-paced Online Training

Goal Time: Self-Determination Learning for Middle and High Schools

This course is designed to train teachers and other school personnel to implement the Goal Time practice in middle and high school classrooms. Goal Time is an evidence-based practice that supports students to build self-determination skills by setting goals, taking action toward those goals, and evaluating their progress. Increased self-determination is strongly linked to positive school and post-school outcomes.

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