Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute (TJEEI) is dedicated to preparing and retaining exceptional student education teachers and professional educators who serve children and adults with special needs.
In collaboration with Central Florida partners, TJEEI provides families of children with disabilities, UCF faculty and students, and educators with access to current information, resources and learning opportunities. Through teaching and research clinics, UCF faculty and students associated with the institute offer students with disabilities and their families services focused on assessment, behavior, reading, mathematics and community counseling.
Institute team members have secured over $82 million dollars in external funds to enhance our work since 2017. Funds lead to direct positive impacts on our constituents.
Scholars benefited from TJEEI's initiatives
Over 25,000 exceptional education teachers and leaders prepared
Families served with screening events since 2017
Programs
Inclusive Education Services
Inclusive Education Services provides young adults with intellectual disabilities an inclusive, comprehensive, non-degree-seeking college experience. It is a certified transition program focusing on post-graduation employment and independence.
Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic
The Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic provides affordable intervention sessions for children from birth to 7 years old who have deficits in communication skills.
Project FOCUS
Project FOCUS helps students struggling with organization, planning, memory, anxiety and other executive-function issues. The program consists of 10 sessions during which coaches develop an online personalized, comprehensive plan to bolster students' academic performance.
Unlimited Potential Initiative (UPI)
The Unlimited Potential Initiative seeks to transform education in Florida's underserved schools through university-assisted community partnerships. We are working with Orange County Public Schools to provide a suite of sustainable wrap-around services that are customized to the unique needs of each school.
Applied Behavior Analysis Graduate Certificate
The UCF Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis prepares students to become board-certified behavior analysts. The Association for Behavior Analysis International approved our course sequence for students in education, psychology, communication disorders and related fields. Students enrolled in this program receive hands-on practical experience through the Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic.
