FYI #1 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #1 - Disability Employment: Research Findings
Jeffrey S. Reznick
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FYI #1 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #1 - Disability Employment: Research Findings
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Jeffrey S. Reznick
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10/31/2003
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Members of the orthotics & prosthetics community,
The announcement below from the National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), as well as those that follow this email
in numerical order, may be of interest to some.
OPAF offers this announcement as a public service to the O&P community.
For more information about OPAF and its official representation of O&P
in community and philanthropic circles, please visit our web site at
www.opfund.org.
Every member of the O&P community is warmly welcome to attend OPAF's
second annual open house scheduled for Friday, December 12, 1-3 pm. For
complete information about this event, please visit this page on the
OPAF web site:
<URL Redacted>
Sincerely and with all best regards,
Jeff Reznick
Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow
Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund, Inc. (OPAF )
1666 K Street NW, Suite 440
Washington, DC 20006
Tel 202.223.8878
eFax 415.534.1857
Email <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
Web www.opfund.org
-----Original Message-----
From: John Middleton [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:09 AM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [NCDDR Alert] #1 - Disability Employment: Research Findings
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 2003
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the
U.S. Department of Education supports a variety of projects in its
Employment Outcomes research area. Major contributors in this area are
NIDRR's Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC). Following
are some recent research findings from several RRTCs with a focus on
employment outcomes.
* RRTC for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with
Disabilities
* RRTC on Drugs and Disability
* National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational
Supports
This is the first of four messages brought to you by NIDRR's National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research as a part of
National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
----------------------
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Economic Research on
Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities
Cornell University
< < <URL Redacted>>
<URL Redacted>>
The Cornell University RRTC for Economic Research on Employment Policy
for Persons with Disabilities provides a coordinated research, training
and dissemination effort to improve the understanding of policy makers
and other stakeholders on the role of the economy, public policies, and
other environmental factors on the employment and economic
self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities. Some of the Cornell
RRTC's accomplishments from 2002-2003 include:
**** * In the Fall of 2003, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
published The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A
Policy Puzzle, edited by David Stapleton and Richard Burkhauser. This
volume documents the decline in the employment of working-age people
with disabilities during the 1990s and investigates various hypotheses
about why the decline occurred.
The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle
< < http://www.upjohn.org/publications/titles/depd.html >
http://www.upjohn.org/publications/titles/depd.html >
**** * In the Summer of 2003, the RRTC rolled out a new Web site that
provides comprehensive, up-to-date disability statistics relating to
employment. Statistics are provided at the national and state levels
over the period 1980-2001. Currently, all statistics are estimated by
RRTC staff using the Census Bureau's Annual Demographic Supplement of
the Current Population Survey. The Disability Statistics Web site:
< < http://ww.disabilitystatistics.org/ >
http://ww.disabilitystatistics.org/ >
**** * The RRTC is working with the Rehabilitation Services
Administration to further promote the data sets from the Longitudinal
Study of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program (LSVRSP) conducted
by Research Triangle Institute (RTI). A Web site was designed that
provides access to study surveys, data collection instruments and
codebooks, research published to date, an Information Exchange, and a
Users' Guide. Visit the LSVRSP Web site for further information:
< < http://www.lsvrsp.org/ > http://www.lsvrsp.org/ >
----------------------
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Drugs and Disability
Wright State University School of Medicine
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/ >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/ >
The RRTC on Drugs and Disability conducts epidemiological and evaluative
research studies of substance abuse and substance abuse services for
consumers of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs and other
people with disabilities, in order to improve vocational rehabilitation
outcomes for individuals who abuse substances. Following are some of the
RRTC's recent research outcomes:
**** * The RRTC collected epidemiological data as part of two studies
that focused upon increasing understanding of how alcohol and other drug
(AOD) use is related to other characteristics of Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) consumers with co-existing disabilities.
Substance Abuse Among Consumers of Vocational Rehabilitation Services:
Summary of an Epidemiology Study
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/epidem_study.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/epidem_study.html >
**** * The Consumer Advocacy Model (CAM) program, operated in
conjunction with the RRTC on Drugs and Disability, involves outpatient
treatment focused upon provision of extensive case management services,
interpersonal skills enhancement, as well as a focus on job/vocational
services.
Consumer Advocacy Model Program
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/cam.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/cam.html >
**** * An in-depth qualitative study was conducted by the RRTC,
utilizing iterative interviews with 51 persons living with HIV/AIDS
throughout Ohio in 2000-2001. Subsequent interviews also solicited
information from VR counselors.
Double Jeopardy: HIV and Disability
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/online_double_jeopardy.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/online_double_jeopardy.html >
----------------------
National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports
(NCSPES), an RRTC
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
< < http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu > http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/ >
The vision of the NCSPES is to move beyond what has and has not worked
in the past, toward a new system of educational supports for people with
disabilities in the 21st century. Postsecondary programs of the future
must foster high expectations, build self-confidence, and develop an
understanding of strengths and weaknesses of all students. Following are
three collaborative projects with other institutions that have yielded
information and results contributing to the knowledge about
postsecondary education for students with disabilities.
**** * Longitudinal Analysis of the Experiences of Students with
Disabilities with Postsecondary Support Service Systems: Characteristics
of Effective Support Systems (Study #2, with the University of
Minnesota). Findings from a secondary analysis of a national survey
indicate a greater capacity of four-year public institutions to provide
supports and services for students with disabilities.
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=2 >
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=2 >
Sharpe, M., & Johnson, D. (2001). A 20/20 Analysis of Postsecondary
Support Characteristics. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 16(3/4),
169-177.
**** * Trends in Postsecondary Education Services in the Vocational
Rehabilitation System for Individuals with Disabilities (Study #5, with
the University Of Massachusetts Boston). Examines trends in the
provision of postsecondary supports and education-related services from
the state Vocational Rehabilitation System.
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=5 >
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=5 >
Hart, D., Gilmore, D., Zafft, C., & Bose, J. (n.d.). The Current
Status of Postsecondary Education Services, Individuals with
Disabilities, and the Vocational Rehabilitation System. Phase II
(MS#020d(1)-H01) Product of Study #5. Honolulu: National Center for the
Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports. Retrieved October 9, 2003
from University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies, NCSPES
Web site:
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/020d(1)-H01.pd
f>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/020d(1)-H01.pdf
>
**** * The Effects of Postsecondary Settings on Employment Outcomes and
Technological Supports Transfer (Study #22, with The Ohio State
University, Nisonger Center for Disabilities). The effects of
postsecondary supports and services were studied and compared to
employment outcomes and transfer of technological supports. A survey
that examined transference of assistive technology between schools and
the workplace was used. <
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=22
>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=22 >
Sharpe, M. N. Project Grad: Preliminary analysis. Phase II Findings
Brief #22 (MS#059b(2)-H02). Honolulu: National Center for the Study of
Postsecondary Educational Supports. Retrieved October 9, 2003 from
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies, NCSPES Web
site:
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/059b(2)-H02.pd
f>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/059b(2)-H02.pdf
>
----------------------
For additional information on RRTC employment outcomes, see FOCUS
Technical Briefs #6 and #7 on the Web site of the National Center for
the Dissemination of Disability Research:
< < http://www.ncddr.org/du/products/focus.html >
http://www.ncddr.org/du/products/focus.html >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sent to you on behalf of the
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
211 East Seventh Street, Suite 448
Austin, Texas 78701-3253
1-800-266-1832 (Voice and TT)
<Email Address Redacted> (E-Mail)
< http://www.ncddr.org/ > http://www.ncddr.org/ (Internet URI)
(512) 476-6861 (Voice and TT)
(512) 476-2286 (FAX)
The announcement below from the National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), as well as those that follow this email
in numerical order, may be of interest to some.
OPAF offers this announcement as a public service to the O&P community.
For more information about OPAF and its official representation of O&P
in community and philanthropic circles, please visit our web site at
www.opfund.org.
Every member of the O&P community is warmly welcome to attend OPAF's
second annual open house scheduled for Friday, December 12, 1-3 pm. For
complete information about this event, please visit this page on the
OPAF web site:
<URL Redacted>
Sincerely and with all best regards,
Jeff Reznick
Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow
Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund, Inc. (OPAF )
1666 K Street NW, Suite 440
Washington, DC 20006
Tel 202.223.8878
eFax 415.534.1857
Email <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
Web www.opfund.org
-----Original Message-----
From: John Middleton [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:09 AM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [NCDDR Alert] #1 - Disability Employment: Research Findings
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 2003
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the
U.S. Department of Education supports a variety of projects in its
Employment Outcomes research area. Major contributors in this area are
NIDRR's Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC). Following
are some recent research findings from several RRTCs with a focus on
employment outcomes.
* RRTC for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with
Disabilities
* RRTC on Drugs and Disability
* National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational
Supports
This is the first of four messages brought to you by NIDRR's National
Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research as a part of
National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
----------------------
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Economic Research on
Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities
Cornell University
< < <URL Redacted>>
<URL Redacted>>
The Cornell University RRTC for Economic Research on Employment Policy
for Persons with Disabilities provides a coordinated research, training
and dissemination effort to improve the understanding of policy makers
and other stakeholders on the role of the economy, public policies, and
other environmental factors on the employment and economic
self-sufficiency of persons with disabilities. Some of the Cornell
RRTC's accomplishments from 2002-2003 include:
**** * In the Fall of 2003, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
published The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A
Policy Puzzle, edited by David Stapleton and Richard Burkhauser. This
volume documents the decline in the employment of working-age people
with disabilities during the 1990s and investigates various hypotheses
about why the decline occurred.
The Decline in Employment of People with Disabilities: A Policy Puzzle
< < http://www.upjohn.org/publications/titles/depd.html >
http://www.upjohn.org/publications/titles/depd.html >
**** * In the Summer of 2003, the RRTC rolled out a new Web site that
provides comprehensive, up-to-date disability statistics relating to
employment. Statistics are provided at the national and state levels
over the period 1980-2001. Currently, all statistics are estimated by
RRTC staff using the Census Bureau's Annual Demographic Supplement of
the Current Population Survey. The Disability Statistics Web site:
< < http://ww.disabilitystatistics.org/ >
http://ww.disabilitystatistics.org/ >
**** * The RRTC is working with the Rehabilitation Services
Administration to further promote the data sets from the Longitudinal
Study of Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program (LSVRSP) conducted
by Research Triangle Institute (RTI). A Web site was designed that
provides access to study surveys, data collection instruments and
codebooks, research published to date, an Information Exchange, and a
Users' Guide. Visit the LSVRSP Web site for further information:
< < http://www.lsvrsp.org/ > http://www.lsvrsp.org/ >
----------------------
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Drugs and Disability
Wright State University School of Medicine
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/ >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/ >
The RRTC on Drugs and Disability conducts epidemiological and evaluative
research studies of substance abuse and substance abuse services for
consumers of state vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs and other
people with disabilities, in order to improve vocational rehabilitation
outcomes for individuals who abuse substances. Following are some of the
RRTC's recent research outcomes:
**** * The RRTC collected epidemiological data as part of two studies
that focused upon increasing understanding of how alcohol and other drug
(AOD) use is related to other characteristics of Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR) consumers with co-existing disabilities.
Substance Abuse Among Consumers of Vocational Rehabilitation Services:
Summary of an Epidemiology Study
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/epidem_study.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/epidem_study.html >
**** * The Consumer Advocacy Model (CAM) program, operated in
conjunction with the RRTC on Drugs and Disability, involves outpatient
treatment focused upon provision of extensive case management services,
interpersonal skills enhancement, as well as a focus on job/vocational
services.
Consumer Advocacy Model Program
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/cam.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/cam.html >
**** * An in-depth qualitative study was conducted by the RRTC,
utilizing iterative interviews with 51 persons living with HIV/AIDS
throughout Ohio in 2000-2001. Subsequent interviews also solicited
information from VR counselors.
Double Jeopardy: HIV and Disability
< < http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/online_double_jeopardy.html >
http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/online_double_jeopardy.html >
----------------------
National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports
(NCSPES), an RRTC
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
< < http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu > http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/ >
The vision of the NCSPES is to move beyond what has and has not worked
in the past, toward a new system of educational supports for people with
disabilities in the 21st century. Postsecondary programs of the future
must foster high expectations, build self-confidence, and develop an
understanding of strengths and weaknesses of all students. Following are
three collaborative projects with other institutions that have yielded
information and results contributing to the knowledge about
postsecondary education for students with disabilities.
**** * Longitudinal Analysis of the Experiences of Students with
Disabilities with Postsecondary Support Service Systems: Characteristics
of Effective Support Systems (Study #2, with the University of
Minnesota). Findings from a secondary analysis of a national survey
indicate a greater capacity of four-year public institutions to provide
supports and services for students with disabilities.
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=2 >
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=2 >
Sharpe, M., & Johnson, D. (2001). A 20/20 Analysis of Postsecondary
Support Characteristics. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 16(3/4),
169-177.
**** * Trends in Postsecondary Education Services in the Vocational
Rehabilitation System for Individuals with Disabilities (Study #5, with
the University Of Massachusetts Boston). Examines trends in the
provision of postsecondary supports and education-related services from
the state Vocational Rehabilitation System.
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=5 >
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=5 >
Hart, D., Gilmore, D., Zafft, C., & Bose, J. (n.d.). The Current
Status of Postsecondary Education Services, Individuals with
Disabilities, and the Vocational Rehabilitation System. Phase II
(MS#020d(1)-H01) Product of Study #5. Honolulu: National Center for the
Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports. Retrieved October 9, 2003
from University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies, NCSPES
Web site:
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/020d(1)-H01.pd
f>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/020d(1)-H01.pdf
>
**** * The Effects of Postsecondary Settings on Employment Outcomes and
Technological Supports Transfer (Study #22, with The Ohio State
University, Nisonger Center for Disabilities). The effects of
postsecondary supports and services were studied and compared to
employment outcomes and transfer of technological supports. A survey
that examined transference of assistive technology between schools and
the workplace was used. <
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=22
>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/products/phases/phase2_02.asp?studyNumber=22 >
Sharpe, M. N. Project Grad: Preliminary analysis. Phase II Findings
Brief #22 (MS#059b(2)-H02). Honolulu: National Center for the Study of
Postsecondary Educational Supports. Retrieved October 9, 2003 from
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies, NCSPES Web
site:
<
< http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/059b(2)-H02.pd
f>
http://www.rrtc.hawaii.edu/documents/products/phase2/pdf/059b(2)-H02.pdf
>
----------------------
For additional information on RRTC employment outcomes, see FOCUS
Technical Briefs #6 and #7 on the Web site of the National Center for
the Dissemination of Disability Research:
< < http://www.ncddr.org/du/products/focus.html >
http://www.ncddr.org/du/products/focus.html >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sent to you on behalf of the
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
211 East Seventh Street, Suite 448
Austin, Texas 78701-3253
1-800-266-1832 (Voice and TT)
<Email Address Redacted> (E-Mail)
< http://www.ncddr.org/ > http://www.ncddr.org/ (Internet URI)
(512) 476-6861 (Voice and TT)
(512) 476-2286 (FAX)
Citation
Jeffrey S. Reznick, “FYI #1 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #1 - Disability Employment: Research Findings,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221898.
