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The five-year project, titled &#8220;Building Bridges from Emergent to Conventional Literacy,&#8221; will allow the CLDS to engage in development, deployment, and evaluation of a comprehensive, open-source implementation model. The model will focus on literacy skills, such as reading, writing, language, and communication for students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex communication needs for grades three to five.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4820\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bondurant Hall\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/07\/DSC_0446-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Bondurant Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The model will build on Project CORE, a previously funded Stepping-Up Technology Implementation project at the CLDS, to create professional developmental implementation supports and instructional resources required to implement evidence-based practices in literacy with students with significant cognitive disabilities across educational settings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Erickson, PhD, is the David E. and Dolores (Dee) Yoder Distinguished Professor of Literacy and Disability Studies and a professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. 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