TECHNICAL BRIEF
FOCUS
TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 8: Universal Design and Visitability
This issue of FOCUS details NIDRR's commitment to funding research into the evolving areas of universal design and visitability. The NCDDR compiled a list of resources from a variety of NIDRR-supported projects as a reference guide to information about universal design and visitability research. NIDRR-supported projects cited in this issue include the RERC on Universal Design and the Built Environment at North Carolina State University, the RERC on Universal Design at Buffalo, and the RRTC on Independent Living Management at Buffalo.
2003 (November) / 4 pages
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 7: Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers and Employment Outcomes Research
Research on issues related to the employment of people with disabilities is a major priority of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The NCDDR invited Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) with an employment focus to describe several of their most important research findings. In this second "Employment Outcomes" issue of FOCUS, research overviews are presented from Cornell University's RRTC for Economic Research on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities, the RRTC on Drugs and Disability (Wright State University School of Medicine), the RTC on Community Rehabilitation Programs to Improve Employment Outcomes (University of Wisconsin-Stout), the RRTC on Blindness and Low Vision (Mississippi State University) and the National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports (University of Hawai`i at Manoa).
2003 (October) / 8 pages
[On-line PDF 580 KB] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus7/Focus7.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 6: Employment Outcomes
Research on issues related to the employment of people with disabilities is a major priority of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). The NCDDR invited Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) with an employment focus to describe several of their most important research findings. Research overviews are presented from Virginia Commonwealth University's VCU-RRTC on Workplace Supports, the University of Montana's RTC on Disability in Rural Communities (RTC: Rural), and Northern Arizona University's American Indian Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (AIRRTC).
2003 (October) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 580 KB] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus6/Focus6.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 5: The NCDDR's Biblioteca Electrónica: Web Portal to NIDRR Grantees' Online Resources
(INFORME TÉCNICO NÚMERO 5: La Biblioteca Electrónica Del NCDDR: Portal Electronico a los Recursos En Línea de los Socios de NIDRR)
Note: FOCUS 5 is written in Spanish. The English counterpart to this technical brief is FOCUS 4, linked directly below this publication.
Como respuesta a la necesidad de facilitar el acceso a la información de investigación financiada por NIDRR y disponible en línea, el NCDDR ha recopilado una base de datos en línea de materiales en español producidos por NIDRR llamado la Biblioteca Electrónica del NCDDR. Se puede realizar una búsqueda en la base de datos por medio de Autor, Título o Palabra clave, o Tema. La Biblioteca Electrónica sirve como portal a una selecta información y resultados de investigación relacionada a las discapacidades que han sido producidos por medio de actividades financiadas por NIDRR y que actualmente se encuentran disponibles en las páginas electrónicas de los socios de NIDRR.
In response to a need to facilitate access to NIDRR-funded research information that is available online, the NCDDR has compiled a searchable online database, the NCDDR Electronic Library. A second database, the Biblioteca Electrónica del NCDDR, is a compilation of NIDRR-produced materials in Spanish that are available online. They can be searched by Author, Title or Keyword, or Topic. The Electronic Library and Biblioteca Electrónica serve as portals to selected disability-related research outcomes and information that have been produced through NIDRR-funded grant activity, and are currently available on NIDRR grantees' Web sites.
2003 (September) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 780 k] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus5/Focus5.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 4: NCDDR's Electronic Library and Biblioteca Electrónica:
Web Portals to NIDRR Grantees' Online Resources
In response to a need to facilitate access to NIDRR-funded research information that is available online, the NCDDR has compiled a searchable online database, the NCDDR Electronic Library. A second database, the Biblioteca Electrónica del NCDDR, is a compilation of NIDRR-produced materials in Spanish that are available online. They can be searched by Author, Title or Keyword, or Topic. The Electronic Library and Biblioteca Electrónica serve as portals to selected disability-related research outcomes and information that have been produced through NIDRR-funded grant activity, and are currently available on NIDRR grantees' Web sites.
2003 (August) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 604 k] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus4/focus4.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 3: Underachieving Students
Underachieving Students discusses research conducted by the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Integration of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury. The RTC's research focuses on identification, assessment and classroom modifications for students who have experienced mild brain injury resulting in underachievement in school.
2002 (November) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 56 k] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus3/focus3.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 2: The Rehabilitation Provider's Guide To Culture Of
The Foreign-Born
This issue describes a monograph series addressing important information rehabilitation service providers need to know in order to deal effectively and successfully with people who are foreign-born. Monographs highlighted in this issue focus on cultures of: China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, India, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, and the Philippines. General information on culture brokering is also highlighted.
2002 (September) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 677 k] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus2/focus2.pdf
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TECHNICAL BRIEF NUMBER 1: Taking Steps To Protect Research Participants
This document presents four steps for responding to Federal requirements for
protecting human participants (human subjects) in research activities, including
participants with disabilities.
Resources are identified. 2002 (May) / 4 pages
[On-line PDF 488 k] Available: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus1/focus1.pdf
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