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Improving Mental, Emotional, Developmental, and Behavioral Health Care for Military-Connected and Rural Children and Families
Researchers and clinicians from ICI and the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain are finding new ways to help military-connected families and people living in rural communities access services for children's mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral health care.
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Driven by Strengths and Choice
Lalinne Suon Bell (pictured in the doorway of a Cambodian temple) is a childhood refugee, a mother to children who use special education services, a special education professional, a doctoral student in educational psychology at the University of Minnesota, and a MNLEND fellow (2025-26). Not surprisingly, she has strong ideas about the special education system meant to support and serve children with intellectual and other developmental disabilities.
“It seems like the system is set up to measure our students by their deficits, as opposed to their strengths,” Bell said.
New Paraprofessional Online Training from ICI’s TIES Center
Paraprofessionals can learn new skills to support students while fostering belonging, independence, and academic success in a new comprehensive online training series developed by ICI's TIES Center. The Empowering Inclusive Schools: A Learning Series for Paraprofessionals Supporting Students with Disabilities bridges the gap between being present in the classroom and experiencing true participation and inclusive education.
