UT Martin is the recipient of a grant to assist students with intellectual disabilities.
The “Tennessee Believes” grant was presented to five recipients from the Department of Disability and Aging.
UT Martin will receive just over $126,000 this year, with a total of almost $387,000 over three years.
The grant funds will be used to create the Skyhawks Achieving in Life, or SAIL program, to provide the students access to the college experience.
The SAIL program will be directed by Dr. Clinton Smith, Chair of the UT Martin Department of Educational Studies, and Dr. Will Gibson, manager of UTM’s disability and testing services.
The program is designed to benefit the students in four areas.
Those areas include the combination of academic, vocational and social learning; bolstering improved life outcomes; developing social integration and sense of belonging, and emphasizing daily living skills and decision making.
