Research Interventions for Dual-Language Learners with Learning Disabilities (RIDDLS)

RIDLLs is a full-time interdisciplinary doctoral training program in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Arizona State University. We will develop scholars with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to address the development, scale up, and sustainability of curricula and evidence-based interventions for students with learning disabilities (LDs) who are English-language learners (ELLs) attending high-needs schools.

Competencies include foundational knowledge in oral language, reading, and writing development and disorders, interdisciplinary perspectives on culture, language, literacy, and disability, expertise in research methods, design, and analyses, transfer of research into practice, preparation of teachers and speech-language pathologists to serve students with LDs who are ELLs, and professional skills required for successful careers as faculty scholars.

Training components include coursework in (a) foundations of evidence-based interventions for students with LDs who are ELLs in high-needs schools; (b) design and implementation of evidence-based research practices; (c) foundations of multicultural and multilingual development; and (d) doctoral level professional seminars and workshops. The research component focuses on design, testing, and implementation of evidence-based curricula and interventions in school based contexts.

Research training activities include opportunities to work in research teams addressing identified priorities in high needs schools

Applicants must hold a master’s degree in speech and hearing science, speech-language pathology, education, special education, psychology, or a related field.

Selected scholars will receive the following package for four years:

• A training stipend of $30,000 per year

• Fully paid out-of-state tuition

• $1,500 per year travel allowance for professional meetings and research conferences

• $1,000 per year for approved research expenses