SBIR/STTR Research Award
Disability Access
Award amount
$74,918Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SPIRIT LAKE CONSULTING, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 84.133S-2
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The project combined software and an on-site training program for persons with disabilities and their families who lack the usual prerequisites for success in computer-based instruction created in Phase I into an empirically validated commercial product. The technical objectives of the project are: (1) the development of a unique virtual school house model to meet the identified needs of individuals with disabilities and their families living in remote, disadvantaged communities, and (2) the empirical assessment of the impact of training using the model for different demographic groups and under different training conditions. Testing is conducted on reservations serving Sioux, Chippewa, and the Three Affiliated Tribes.
Technology keywords
Not reported