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About ICAN

The Interactive Collaborative Autism Network (ICAN) is a project supported by U.S. Department of Education grant H324M000047. The site is a collaborative effort among three states: the State Departments of Education of Connecticut (CT) and Minnesota (MN) and the University of Kansas (KU) to use the World Wide Web (WWW) as a means of supporting and facilitating training. Started in Fall 2000, the site was developed to disseminate information about characteristics, assessment, and research-based interventions and services for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

A series of modules categorized into eight domains have been developed by:

  • A team of individuals who have master’s degree in special education from the three states (Kansas, Connecticut, Minnesota).
  • Graduate students at Department of Special Education, University of Kansas.

Each module has been carefully planned and developed so that a variety of individuals, such as parents, teachers, and other professionals interested in the education of children and youth with ASD, will be able to utilize the information. The ICAN development team did their best to create user-friendly as well as comprehensive WWW resources. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about the site, please feel free to contact the ICAN webmaster.

ICAN Staff

Brenda Smith Myles, Project Director
Associate Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas

Sean J. Smith, Project Director
Assistant Professor
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas

Taku Hagiwara, Project Coordinator/Web Programmer/Webmaster
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas

Min Y. Teh
User Interface Designer
Center for Research on Learning

Roger Frant
Connecticut Team Leader

Elisa Gagnon
Kansas Team Leader

Phil Sievers
Minnesota Team Leader

 

Board of Governors

Gena Barnhill

Jean-Paul Bovee

Brian Litinsky

Robert McKay

Matt Reese

Phyllis Young

 

Developers

Connecticut Kansas Minnesota
David Cormier
Andrea Dayharsh
Jim Granfield
Linda Grimm
Stacy Hultgren 		Jennifer Ganz
Paul La Cava
Nancy Miller
Kathy Otto
Phoebe Rinkel
Louann Rinner
Lisa Robbins
Brooke Young		 Kari Buron
Annette Dudley
Margaret Hanson
Linda Kennedy
Joyce Santo

 

University of Kansas, Department of Special Education graduate students

Carol Affholder
Judy Becker
Amy Brewer
Kathy Brodie
Lisa Burch
Janice Cooley
Meagan Davis
Katherine Delmond
Jamie Farraro
Kitty Flinn
Michelle Hammer
Rosemary Hardy
Cindy Herrick
Jeanne Holverstott
Caren Howes
Abby Huggins
Casse Jones
Mary Jones
Bridget Lister
Katie McCann-Niermann
Angela Maschoff
Carol Meneilly
Rachele Morris
Ann Olerich
Mary Rogers
Michelle Russell
Mendy Ruthrauff
Linda Schmitt
Kim Schott
Stephanie Stansberry
Susan Traiger
Cynthia Van Horn
Kathy Wadman