Shana Attar and Hannah Benavidez, two graduate students in the READi Lab, received an Academic Community Partnership grant award from the UW Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS). In partnership with Mother Africa, a local non-profit organization, the research team will co-design culturally responsive, caregiver-focused educational materials to support culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families with children who have social communication delays or autism. Through this grant, they will develop a novel route for dissemination of information and materials within non-profit organizations, which are often the preferred entry-point for accessing healthcare information and services for underserved populations.
Great job, Shana and Hannah!