FYI #2 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #2 - Disability Employment: Findings from RRTC Research
Jeffrey S. Reznick
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FYI #2 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #2 - Disability Employment: Findings from RRTC Research
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Jeffrey S. Reznick
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10/31/2003
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Middleton [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:23 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [NCDDR Alert] #2 - Disability Employment: Findings from RRTC
Research
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 two RRTCs with a focus on
employment outcomes.
* VCU-RRTC on Workplace Supports
* RTC on Community Rehabilitation Programs to Improve Employment
Outcomes
This is the second 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.
----------------------
VCU-Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports
Virginia Commonwealth University
< < <URL Redacted>> <URL Redacted>>
The purpose of this Center is to identify factors in the workplace that
inhibit or enhance the employment rate and career advancement of people
with disabilities. Let worksuppport.com be your gateway to information,
resources, and services regarding the employment of people with
disabilities.
**** * An investigation was completed with 46 HR professionals to learn
their perceptions of barriers to employment for individuals with
disabilities, and organizational policies and procedures as they pertain
to disability in the workplace.
Unger, D., Wehman, P., Yasuda, S., Campbell, L., & Green, H.
(2001). Human resource professionals and the employment of people with
disabilities: A business perspective. Richmond: Virginia Commonwealth
University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace
Supports.
**** * A study of front-line supervisors in business included a survey
of 255 supervisors of employees with known disabilities about their
experiences with employees with disabilities in their work units.
Unger, D. (2002). How do front-line supervisors in business
perceive the performance of workers with disabilities? Richmond:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center on Workplace Supports.
**** * This article on the Progression of Disability Benefits documents
and describes the experiences of workers with work-limiting disabilities
as they move through a system of economic disability benefits by
examining the phases of short-term, long-term and Social Security
disability compensation.
McMahon, B., Danczyk-Haley, C., Reid, C., Habeck, R., Kregel, J., &
Owens, P. (2002). Progression of Disability Benefits. Richmond: Virginia
Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on
Workplace Supports.
The articles referenced above are found on the VCU-RRTC employment
portal:
< < <URL Redacted>>
http://www.worksupport.com/Main/rrtcpapers.asp >
----------------------
Research and Training Center on Community Rehabilitation Programs to
Improve Employment Outcomes
University of Wisconsin-Stout
< < http://www.rtc.uwstout.edu/ > http://www.rtc.uwstout.edu/ >
The goals of the Research and Training Center are to define, promote,
and help community-based rehabilitation programs (CRPs) provide
employment-related services that demonstrate important employment
outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Three recently completed
studies are presented.
**** * A national study was conducted to identify consistencies in
services and experiences of individuals with disabilities or other
barriers to achieve employment.
Botterbusch, K. F., Hagen-Foley, D. L., Menz, F. E., Radtke, J., &
Johnson, P. (2003). Service models and outcomes: Evidence for
community-based practices. In D. L. Hagen-Foley & F. E. Menz (Eds.),
Community-based rehabilitation: Research for improving employment
outcomes - Conference proceedings. Menomonie: University of
Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute, Research and
Training Centers.
**** * A series of studies with the Employment Outcomes Instrument
(EOI) has documented the importance of non-vocational outcomes for
sustaining a person in the community as well as in employment.
Thomas, D. F., Hagen-Foley, D. L., Surdick, R., & Radtke, J.
(2003). Service outcomes of CRPs: Consumer expectancies, perceptions,
and measures. In D. L. Hagen-Foley & F. E. Menz (Eds.), Community-based
rehabilitation: Research for improving employment outcomes - Conference
proceedings. Menomonie: University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational
Rehabilitation Institute, Research and Training Centers.
**** * Recent research to document the activities and impacts of CRPs is
yielding estimates of the extent to which the CRPs are serving adults,
youth, social security beneficiaries, and other persons with
disabilities.
Menz, F. E., Napp, A., Koopmann, R., & Hagen-Foley, D. (2003, July
25). Phase I. Community-based rehabilitation programs: Development of a
national database and findings from a study to identify barriers and
incentives to serving Social Security recipients. Unpublished Technical
Report. Menomonie, WI: University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational
Rehabilitation Institute, Research and Training Centers.
For more information, contact: <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
----------------------
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)
From: John Middleton [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:23 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [NCDDR Alert] #2 - Disability Employment: Findings from RRTC
Research
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 two RRTCs with a focus on
employment outcomes.
* VCU-RRTC on Workplace Supports
* RTC on Community Rehabilitation Programs to Improve Employment
Outcomes
This is the second 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.
----------------------
VCU-Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace Supports
Virginia Commonwealth University
< < <URL Redacted>> <URL Redacted>>
The purpose of this Center is to identify factors in the workplace that
inhibit or enhance the employment rate and career advancement of people
with disabilities. Let worksuppport.com be your gateway to information,
resources, and services regarding the employment of people with
disabilities.
**** * An investigation was completed with 46 HR professionals to learn
their perceptions of barriers to employment for individuals with
disabilities, and organizational policies and procedures as they pertain
to disability in the workplace.
Unger, D., Wehman, P., Yasuda, S., Campbell, L., & Green, H.
(2001). Human resource professionals and the employment of people with
disabilities: A business perspective. Richmond: Virginia Commonwealth
University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Workplace
Supports.
**** * A study of front-line supervisors in business included a survey
of 255 supervisors of employees with known disabilities about their
experiences with employees with disabilities in their work units.
Unger, D. (2002). How do front-line supervisors in business
perceive the performance of workers with disabilities? Richmond:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training
Center on Workplace Supports.
**** * This article on the Progression of Disability Benefits documents
and describes the experiences of workers with work-limiting disabilities
as they move through a system of economic disability benefits by
examining the phases of short-term, long-term and Social Security
disability compensation.
McMahon, B., Danczyk-Haley, C., Reid, C., Habeck, R., Kregel, J., &
Owens, P. (2002). Progression of Disability Benefits. Richmond: Virginia
Commonwealth University, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on
Workplace Supports.
The articles referenced above are found on the VCU-RRTC employment
portal:
< < <URL Redacted>>
http://www.worksupport.com/Main/rrtcpapers.asp >
----------------------
Research and Training Center on Community Rehabilitation Programs to
Improve Employment Outcomes
University of Wisconsin-Stout
< < http://www.rtc.uwstout.edu/ > http://www.rtc.uwstout.edu/ >
The goals of the Research and Training Center are to define, promote,
and help community-based rehabilitation programs (CRPs) provide
employment-related services that demonstrate important employment
outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Three recently completed
studies are presented.
**** * A national study was conducted to identify consistencies in
services and experiences of individuals with disabilities or other
barriers to achieve employment.
Botterbusch, K. F., Hagen-Foley, D. L., Menz, F. E., Radtke, J., &
Johnson, P. (2003). Service models and outcomes: Evidence for
community-based practices. In D. L. Hagen-Foley & F. E. Menz (Eds.),
Community-based rehabilitation: Research for improving employment
outcomes - Conference proceedings. Menomonie: University of
Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute, Research and
Training Centers.
**** * A series of studies with the Employment Outcomes Instrument
(EOI) has documented the importance of non-vocational outcomes for
sustaining a person in the community as well as in employment.
Thomas, D. F., Hagen-Foley, D. L., Surdick, R., & Radtke, J.
(2003). Service outcomes of CRPs: Consumer expectancies, perceptions,
and measures. In D. L. Hagen-Foley & F. E. Menz (Eds.), Community-based
rehabilitation: Research for improving employment outcomes - Conference
proceedings. Menomonie: University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational
Rehabilitation Institute, Research and Training Centers.
**** * Recent research to document the activities and impacts of CRPs is
yielding estimates of the extent to which the CRPs are serving adults,
youth, social security beneficiaries, and other persons with
disabilities.
Menz, F. E., Napp, A., Koopmann, R., & Hagen-Foley, D. (2003, July
25). Phase I. Community-based rehabilitation programs: Development of a
national database and findings from a study to identify barriers and
incentives to serving Social Security recipients. Unpublished Technical
Report. Menomonie, WI: University of Wisconsin-Stout, Stout Vocational
Rehabilitation Institute, Research and Training Centers.
For more information, contact: <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> <Email Address Redacted>
----------------------
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)
Citation
Jeffrey S. Reznick, “FYI #2 of 4 - [NCDDR Alert] #2 - Disability Employment: Findings from RRTC Research,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/221900.
